Sunday, December 22, 2013

Crossword hosts the launch of Shubha Vilas’s book Ramayana – The Game Life : Book One The Rise

Crossword hosts the launch of Shubha Vilas’s book Ramayana – The Game Life : Book One The Rise 
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Mumbai, 18th December, 2013: Crossword – India’s leading lifestyle bookstore, hosted the launch of Shubha Vilas's book ‘Ramayana – The Game Life : Book One The Rise’ at their Kemps Corner outlet today. The author was joined bySonali Rathod, actor Sumona Chakravarthy and Singer Kavita Seth discussed about the book.
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About the book:
Ramayana: The Game of Life (Book 1), one of the world's great literary masterpieces, skillfully retold for modern audiences. Epics like the Ramayana have been recounted infinite times. Is there a need for another chronicle in the presence of so many? How is this one different? And is it relevant to our ever-changing modern lives? 

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Yes, there is a need, yes this is different and yes, it is relevant. This new series of books, each following one khand of the Ramayana, decodes the eternal wisdom of that poetic scripture through gripping narrative and thought-provoking instruction. In the time-honored custom of spreading wisdom through tales, every fascinating story in the epic is retold here and every character unfolded to captivate your heart and open your mind to lifes deepest questions.
The narrative closely follows Valmikis Ramayana, gently weaving in folk tales as well as the beautiful analogies of the Kamba Ramayana. The first of this six-volume series, Rise of the Sun Prince, takes you through the divine story of Lord Rama from His birth up to His marriage. Through these pages are revealed the tales of Dasarathas leadership, Vishwamitras quest for power and the intriguing story of a little-known stone maiden. Ramayana: The Game of Life has all of this and much more - food for contemporary thought drawn from an enduring masterpiece.

About the Author
Shubha Vilas, a spiritual seeker and a motivational speaker, holds a degree in engineering and law with specialization in Patent Law. His leadership seminars are popular with top-level management in corporate houses. He also helps individuals deal with modern-life situations by applying the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita, Ramayana and other dharmic traditions.

About Crossword: 
Crossword, with Eighty two, across Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bhopal, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kota, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nasik, Pune, Siliguri, Udaipur, Vapi, Vadodara,Vijayawada, Cohin and Raipur. It is India’s fastest growing chain of bookstores & has pioneered the lifestyle bookstore concept in India. Crossword was ranked the 6th most admired retailer in India by Business world for the year 2006; it was the only book retailer in the top 10. Crossword won the Reid & Taylor Award for Best Retailer of the year – Leisure & Specialty at the India Retail Summit 2005 & 2007& 2009. It also won the Star Retailer Award for the Best Lifestyle Retailer in Books & Music in 2011. Crossword won the Retailer of the Year Award - Leisure (Books, Music and Gifts Category) at the Images Retail Awards 2005 & 2007& 2009. Crossword won the Debutant E tailer of the year - books - at India eRetail Awards 2012. Crossword received the Federation of Indian Publishers Award for excellence in Publishing for the year 2004 on 18th June 2005 at the hands of Shri Arjun Singh, Minister of Human Resource Development. In 2013 Crossword also won The ET Retail Award for Marketing for ‘Crossword Popular Award’.
Crossword Bookstores Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary Company of Shopper’s Stop Ltd – India’s leading department store chain. The Holding Company inter-alia also acts as a Master Franchisee of the Company.

WESTLAND LTD LAUNCHES AUTHOR GAURAV PUNJ’S DEBUT BOOK ‘THE LAND OF THE FLYING LAMAS & OTHER REAL TRAVEL STORIES FROM THE INDIAN HIMALAYAS’

WESTLAND LTD LAUNCHES AUTHOR GAURAV PUNJ’S DEBUT BOOK
THE LAND OF THE FLYING LAMAS & OTHER REAL TRAVEL STORIES FROM THE INDIAN HIMALAYAS’

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20th December 2013, Mumbai: Leading publication house, Westland Ltd launched Gaurav Punj’s debut book titled ‘The Land Of The Flying Lamas & Other Real Travel Stories From The Indian Himalayas’ today at JW Marriott, Juhu. 
In conversation with the author at the launch was veteran actor and travel enthusiast Anupam Kher and celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar, who interacted with guests and media. The trio regaled the audience with amazing travel experiences during their many expeditions. Also in attendance were friends and travel companions of the author. 
Categorized under the genre of Travel the Release Type is Original and Priced at Rs. 250.00 it features a Binding Paperback. Imprinted by Westland Ltd it runs with a Page Extent of 240 + 16 pp colour insert.

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ABOUT THE BOOK
Beyond the hill stations, the mall roads and the ‘points’ is the ‘other Himalaya’. A Himalaya where flowers bloom in the green rolling meadows, the streams are bubbly, no pedal boats ply in the lakes, the glaciers can be felt and the passes crossed to more magical lands (where you might find flying lamas too). It’s the real Himalaya and it’s the real stories from the travels of people like you and me in this Himalaya that make this book.
The grand plan is that the next time you are looking for a family vacation or an adventure trek or a soul-searching solo trip, these stories from different regions of Indian Himalaya will provide you a few more options to choose from.
There is also a special chapter by Rujuta Diwekar, India’s top fitness professional, on why you must trek, the physiological benefits for your body and what to eat to get the best out of your Himalayan trek.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
After gazing at the Himalaya for 21 years from his village near the Shivalik foothills, Gaurav Punj figured what to do in the mountains once he started hiking in the Yosemite national park while studying at University of California, Berkeley. He completed his Masters in Engineering (Operations Research), worked for about 4 years in the big bad corporate world and after his leave count dipped to negative 50, quit and started his venture, Connect with Himalaya, in 2008. It’s as good an excuse he could find for traveling to new and unexplored places in the Indian Himalaya, meet and work with genuine local organizations and do his bit to spread the word.

Monday, December 9, 2013

SHAHRUKH KHAN RELEASED DEANNE PANDAY’S Shut Up and Train!


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SHAHRUKH KHAN RELEASED
DEANNE PANDAY’S
Shut Up and Train!

on 8th December
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On Sunday 8th December Shahrukh Khan released Deanne Panday’s new book Shut Up and Train, for which he has also written a foreword, at the Palladium Hotel, Lower Parel
“Being fit is important in my line of work. To be able to work for 12 hours a day—from 7 in the morning to 7 in the evening—you need to have a certain level of fitness...But to develop physical strength, you first need to have mental strength. I always tell my children you don’t need to have big biceps, but a big heart; your mind has to be tougher than your quads. The rest will follow. The physical attributes—the manifestation of a strong mind—will be seen in a strong body. It will never be the other way round...I think you have to think fit, believe fit”Shahrukh Khan from his foreword to the book
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As one of the country’s foremost fitness experts and trainer to some of India’s fittest, hottest and most successful people for over 15 years, Deanne Panday knows the secrets to a healthy lifestyle.  And in Shut up and Train she lays out the methods to help us all gain not muscles and six-packs but overall wellbeing, having more energy to do day-to-day tasks more effectively and to stop ageing in its tracks. 
She argues that to achieve this diet, exercise and mental attitude all play their part but the basis of it all is weight training.  If you want your body to be fit and injury free, your muscles to be strong, your bones to be healthy, and your organs to be in good shape, you need to train with weights.
“Being fit is a way of life for me, the foundation of what makes me strong and resilient...I can manage all life throws at me without a dip in my energy by being disciplined and following a balanced approach to life, just like our ancestors. It’s a lifestyle that is available for you too if you go about it the right way.   In the years that I have managed to cultivate this disciplined lifestyle, my most treasured formula has been weight training.  Not only has weight training made me stronger, it has helped me understand every muscle in my body. It keeps my immune system in top gear. I sleep better, and I have more energy during the day. It has enabled me to handle whatever is thrown my way.”

Through Shut Up & Train, Deanne Panday will guide you through the right methods, the right kind of education of your body, and also the steps that you need to follow for this foolproof method to work. This comprehensive book provides you with a blueprint to a fit and healthy body.

As Deanne says, ‘It’s time to SHUT UP, and get ready to TRAIN!’


About the author
Deanne Panday is one of the country’s foremost fitness experts. She has been shaping up some of the hottest, most successful and fittest people for the past fifteen years. Some of her clients over the years include Bipasha Basu, John Abraham, Dino Morea, Lara Dutta, Jacqueline Fernandez, Sonakshi Sinha and Bobby Deol. She has set up some of Indias’ finest gyms and established Play, her own boutique gym, which consists of a high end gym, spa and yoga studio. Deanne launched Bia Brazil in India, a top lifestyle workout gear for women.  She lives in Mumbai with her husband and two children. This is her second book.


Friday, December 6, 2013

‘Crossword Book Award 2013’ winners announced 12 years of rewarding the best in Indian writing

‘Crossword Book Award 2013’ winners announced
                12 years of rewarding the best in Indian writing

“Em and The Big Hoom by Jerry Pinto (Aleph)” & “Boats on Land by Janice Pariat (Random House)” have jointly won in the Indian Fiction category

Righteous Republic by Ananya Vajpeyi (Harvard Business Press)” & “From the Ruins of Empire by Pankaj Mishra (Penguin)” have jointly won the award for Indian Non-Fiction

Wisha Wozzariter by Payal Kapadia (Penguin)” & “Book Uncle and Me by Uma Krishnaswami (Scholastic)” have jointly won the award in the Children’s category

“A Life in Words by Ismat chughtai, Translated by Dr M Asaduddin (Penguin)” has won it in the Indian language Translation category

“The Bankster by Ravi Subramanian (Rupa Publications)” has won the Popular Award


December 6th 2013: Mumbai: The finest of Indian Literature took center stage at “CROSSWORD BOOK AWARDS 2013’ as the country’s finest writers and their books were honoured at a glittering award function at Mehboob Studios, Mumbai. The awards this year was presented by ARROW and in association with Principal Retirement Advisors. It was hosted by Suchitra Pillai and the evening included a memorable performance by Taufiq Qureshi.

With 552 entries, it is the highest number of entries ever received in the history of the Book Award. The entire judging process has taken more than 6 rigorous months which include shortlisting the books to announcing the final winner.

The 12th edition saw an outstanding response, from the various distinguished writers, publishers, critics and book-lovers who enjoyed the biggest celebration of Indian literature. Shortlisted authors Rahul Pandita, S Hussain Zaidi, Rashmi Bansal, Ravi Subramanian, Arunava Sinha, Jerry Pinto, Janice Pariat, Anand Neelkantan, Anuja Chauhan, Ashwin Sanghi, Ananya Vajpeyi, Anushka Ravishankar, Himanjali Sankar, Payal Kapadia, Ranjit Lal, Dr M Asaduddin, Anchita Ghatak, Rabisankar Bal were present at this well-attended event.

This year The Crossword Book Award 2013 followed the financial year module and considered entries published in India from 1st January 2012 to 31st March 2013. This year we considered 15 months for the entry process and from next year onwards entries from April 2013 to March 2014 will be considered eligible.
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About Crossword:
Crossword, with Eighty Four stores, across Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bhopal, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Durgapur, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kota, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nasik, Pune, Siliguri, Udaipur, Vapi, Vadodara and Vijayawada is India’s fastest growing chain of bookstores & has pioneered the lifestyle bookstore concept in India. Crossword was ranked the 6th most admired retailer in India by Business world for the year 2006; it was the only book retailer in the top 10. Crossword won the Reid & Taylor Award for Best Retailer of the year – Leisure & Specialty at the India Retail Summit 2005 & 2007& 2009. It also won the Star Retailer Award for the Best Lifestyle Retailer in Books & Music in 2011. Crossword won the Retailer of the Year Award - Leisure (Books, Music and Gifts Category) at the Images Retail Awards 2005 & 2007& 2009. Crossword received the Federation of Indian Publishers Award for excellence in Publishing for the year 2004 on 18th June 2005 at the hands of Shri Arjun Singh, Minister of Human Resource Development.
Crossword won the Debutant E tailer of the year - books - at India eRetail Awards 2012. In 2013 Crossword won the ET Retail Award for Excellence in Marketing award for The Popular Award.
Crossword Bookstores Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary Company of Shopper’s Stop Ltd – India’s leading department store chain. The Holding Company inter-alia also acts as a Master Franchisee of the Company.

Friday, November 15, 2013

Tata lit Live- Literature festival at NCPA from 14th to 17th November 2013

The Mumbai LitFest will be held from 14th to 17th November, 2013. With over 100 participants, this year's festival promises to be bigger and more exciting than ever. The NCPA will be filled with writers, thinkers, and artists who will be holding sessions, masterclasses, workshops and performances throughout the four days of the festival.  
To attend the sessions, free day passes can be collected at the start of each day from the venue. Separate passes need to be collected for the performances. 
So block the dates in your calendar - 14th to 17th November, 2013 at the NCPA, Nariman Point.
 


Here are the Top 15 Things to Do at the festival:

1. Buy a book of your favourite author & get it signed - Landmark Bookstalls at Experimental & Little Theatre Foyers

2. Watch packed sessions via live video feed - Godrej Theatre

3. Write a postcard to any festival author - Experimental Theatre Foyer

4. Listen to My Litlive Story Winner readings every afternoon - Experimental & Little Theatres

5. Experience theatre under the stars - Sunken Garden

6. Visit Boria Majumdar's exhibition of cricket memorabilia - Tata Theatre Foyer

7. Catch the Khushwant Singh specials: Landmark Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony - Experimental Theatre + Exhibition of painting, sculpture and photography inspired by his works - Piramal Art Gallery

8. Attend Tata First Book Award Ceremony (Fiction and Non-Fiction) - Experimental Theatre

9. Participate in daily workshops & masterclasses - Sea View Room

10. Enjoy lunchtime film screenings - Godrej Theatre

11. Register your children for sessions and workshops - Godrej Theatre, Sea View Room

12. Get your Souvenir copy signed by attending panelists. - Experimental & Little Theatre Foyers

13. Contribute in panel discussions, debates, book launches, and conversations 

14. Appreciate readings, plays, poetry recitations, dance performances, and music

15. Bring your children to British Council's My Library to browse, to listen, to engage - Tata Theatre Foyer
 
To look at the complete schedule - CLICK HERE
 

Friday, November 1, 2013

Barons of Banking by Bakhtiat K Dadabhoy

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BARONS OF BANKING: GLIMPSES OF INDIAN BANKING HISTORY authored by BAKHTIAR K. DADABHOY  was released on 25 October 2013 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. CCI,  Dinshaw Vaccha Road, Mumbai
The book was  released by Dr Y.V. Reddy, Chairman, 14th Finance Commission and Former Governor, Reserve Bank of India.
Mr Minoo Shroff, Chairman and Managing Trustee, The A.D. Shroff Memorial Trust, Mr Yezdi Malegam, RBI Director, Mr S.S. Tarapore, former Deputy Governor of the RBI and Mr Deepak Parekh, Chairman HDFC also spoke at the event.

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Raj Kundra's book 'HOW NOT TO MAKE MONEY'

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Crossword hosts the launch of Raj Kundra's book 'HOW NOT TO MAKE MONEY'
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Mumbai, 18th October, 2013: Crossword – India’s leading lifestyle bookstore, hosted the launch of Author Raj Kundra's book 'HOW NOT TO MAKE MONEY' at their Kemps Corner outlet earlier today.  Raj Kundra was joined by his wife Actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra.
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About the book:
When booze smugglers Jai and Mike reconsider their options after another close brush with the law, their friend Aziz, a corporate lawyer comes up with a plan for all of them to rake in even more money with less risk. Setting up an undetectable, foolproof scam, the boys who grew up together in the same London neighbourhood are now going to grow rich together, and quick. As with the best laid plans, they had not counted on a few bumps along the way in the form of the intrepid fraud investigator who picks up on their trail and Pam, the femme fatale whose sari blouses leave less to the imagination than bikinis, who has her eye set firmly on Jai. Knowing you have to risk it big to make it big, the boys put everything on the line in this high-speed thrill ride of a novel. But will they come out laughing or are they walking into a trap?
 Raj Kundra, Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Arghya Lahiri and Suhel Seth unveil the book


"A gripping tale which gives a fascinating insight to white collar crime." Bipasha Basu

“Very fast paced and edgy, I couldn’t put it down.” Amir Khan

“Fascinating - a gripping story.” Lalit Modi

“Raj Kundra combines a shrewd business sense along with a fine insight into the world of crime to make this a quick page-turner. Racy and highly entertaining, this is a fascinating blend of Ian Fleming and John Le Carre.” Suhel Seth

"Intriguing characters, lively writing, ingenious plot -- a riveting read!" Shashi Tharoor


Please join us at Crossword Bookstores, Kemps Corner, Mumbai on Friday 18th October, 7pm for the launch of Raj Kundra’s debut novel, How Not To Make Money



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About the novel

When booze smugglers Jai and Mike reconsider their options after another close brush with the law, their friend Aziz, a corporate lawyer comes up with a plan for all of them to rake in even more money with less risk. Setting up an undetectable, foolproof scam, the boys who grew up together in the same London neighbourhood are now going to grow rich together, and quick. As with the best laid plans, they’d not counted on a few bumps along the way in the form of Val the intrepid tax fraud investigator who picks up on their trail, and Pam, the femme fatale whose sari blouses leave less to the imagination than bikinis, who has her eye set firmly on Jai. Knowing you have to risk it big to make it big, the boys put everything on the line in this high-speed thrill ride of a novel. But will they come out laughing or are they walking into a trap?

How Not To Make Money by Raj Kundra is published by Random House India on 18thOctober, Rs 299 paperback
About Crossword: 
Crossword, with Eighty two, across Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bhopal, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kota, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nasik, Pune, Siliguri, Udaipur, Vapi, Vadodara,Vijayawada, Cohin and Raipur. It is India’s fastest growing chain of bookstores & has pioneered the lifestyle bookstore concept in India. Crossword was ranked the 6th most admired retailer in India by Business world for the year 2006; it was the only book retailer in the top 10. Crossword won the Reid & Taylor Award for Best Retailer of the year – Leisure & Specialty at the India Retail Summit 2005 & 2007& 2009. It also won the Star Retailer Award for the Best Lifestyle Retailer in Books & Music in 2011. Crossword won the Retailer of the Year Award - Leisure (Books, Music and Gifts Category) at the Images Retail Awards 2005 & 2007& 2009. Crossword won the Debutant E tailer of the year - books - at India eRetail Awards 2012. Crossword received the Federation of Indian Publishers Award for excellence in Publishing for the year 2004 on 18th June 2005 at the hands of Shri Arjun Singh, Minister of Human Resource Development. In 2013 Crossword also won The ET Retail Award for Marketing for ‘Crossword Popular Award’

Crossword Bookstores Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary Company of Shopper’s Stop Ltd – India’s leading department store chain. The Holding Company inter-alia also acts as a Master Franchisee of the Company.



Monday, August 12, 2013

New Management Books

Personal Development
New Arrival    •     216 pages    •     134 x 216 mm    •     ISBN 9780749467753   •    Paperback   •  price rs  295.00
 
Reviews
 
 "It has taken 40 years in business, including numerous courses and education sessions, for me to understand what I didn’t know in Confidence at Work. I just wish I had read it towards the beginning of my career and not towards the end." Larry Hirst, ex CEO of IBM   
 
"Professor Taylor’s book is a cut above the average, ‘self-improvement ’ / ’ motivational’ shtick. It is thoughtful and, If you’ll take time to consider the implications of what’s being said, quietly profound." - Customer review   
 
About the Book
 
Confidence is the foundation of success. It empowers you to do more and do it better. By revealing the fascinating psychological theories that underpin confident behaviour, and including insights from leading thinkers including Daniel Goleman and Tony Buzan, this new edition of Confidence at Work takes you on a journey of self-discovery, helping you develop your leadership skills and become more charismatic and influential at work.

Beginning with an in-depth questionnaire to help you understand your personal "confidence quotient", it includes 20 case studies of successful people from all walks of life to further cement your path on the way to becoming "brand you". It will help you handle difficult people with elegance and, importantly, understand the reasons behind your lack of confidence. Essential reading for anyone who wants to make an impact at work and in their career,Confidence at Work is the ultimate guide to creating - not faking - the new user-friendly, confident you. 
 
Contents
 
Part One- Who are you anyway ... ?
 
Chapter 1: Bring yourself to work • Working strengths • Nature versus nurture • Reflections of childhood • Steps to confidence at work.
 
Chapter 2: Eric Berne’s transactional analysis • The parent ego • The child ego • The adult ego • Transactional analysis at work • Steps to confidence at work.  
 
Chapter 3: Albert Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy • The inspiration of the red rubber ball • Getting control of your life • Steps to confidence at work.
 
Chapter 4: Martin Seligman’s learned optimism • Humour • Learned optimism • Steps to confidence at work.
  
Chapter 5: HJ Eysenck’s theory of extraversion - Introversion• Extraversion • Introversion • Steps to confidence at work.
 
Chapter 6: Friedman and Rosenman’s theory of Type A , and Type B behaviours • Anger • Steps to confidence at work.
  
Chapter 7: Life’s rich tapestry • Barlinnie Prison • Entrepreneurship • Finding your voice • My confidence role models • Your confidence role models • Steps to confidence at work.
 
Part Two- Branding for confidence
 
Chapter 8: Bird’s eye view of branding • Business branding First impressions • Steps to confidence at work.
 
Chapter 9: Great expectations • What are you looking for? • The career confidence formula • Steps to confidence at work.
 
Chapter 10: Knowing the words to the song • Your leadership style • Telling your story • Steps to confidence at work.
 
Chapter 11: The user-friendly confident you • Impact • Thought • Emotion • Action • Branding you • The one-minute branding workout • Steps to confidence at work.
 
Part Three- Influencing for confidence at work 
 
Chapter 12: Likeability and similarity • Influencing body language and its meaning • Similarity • Mirroring • Equality • Steps to confidence at work.
 
Chapter 13: Knee-jerk thinking, reward and reciprocity • Knee-jerk thinking • Reward Reciprocity • Steps to confidence at work.
 
Chapter 14: Handling challenging people with elegance • The DESC script • Steps to confidence at work.
 
Chapter 15: Perseverance and enthusiasm • Perseverance Enthusiasm • Steps to confidence at work.
 
Chapter 16: Confident networking • What networking is not • What networking is • Steps to confidence at work.
 
Part Four- Be a confident leader 
 
Chapter 17: Be aspirational • Steps to confidence at work.
  
Chapter 18: Be conscientious • Bimbo • Boeing • Steps to confidence at work.
 
Chapter 19: Be cool • Relaxation • The power minute • Advantages of relaxation • A work-life audit • Understanding your power • Steps to confidence at work.
 
Chapter 20: Be bold, have ideas • Confidence, creativity and you • Steps to confidence at work.
 
Chapter 21: Be charismatic - the ultimate in confidence at work • Steps to confidence at work.

Management / Business Strategy and Innovation
  •     256 pages    •     153 x 235 mm    •     ISBN 9780749469078   •    Paperback   •   offer price rs 1295.00 only
 
 
About the Book
 
Six Figure Management Method gives managers a simple, proven and universal method for improving the profitability of any business unit or organization by measuring and improving just six key performance indicators. If you focus on six well-selected figures, each of them simple to understand, easy to calculate and tailored to reflect the reality of your company, your profitability will see a significant uplift.
 
The six key figures cover every critical business area, from people management and profitability to operational excellence and customer service. This book presents a streamlined, straightforward framework for managing your activities effectively on a day-to-day basis, while remaining directed towards achieving long-term goals, motivating people and systematically delivering future success. The six figure management method is not a theory, it is a system to be applied: this is a practical handbook packed with easy-to-apply, down-to-earth tips and techniques to drive your business forward.
  
Contents
       
Foreword, by Karine Le Joly
Preface, by Jim Pulcrano 
Acknowledgements  
Executive summary  

Introduction: How to thrive simply  
  
Chapter 1: Six figure management in action: how we know it really works • Key learning point • The SFM method is a management control-based approach • Why you should have only six KPls for intelligence • Why you can rely on the SFM method • Summary • What’s next
 
Chapter 2: How SFM will help you to get the most from your reporting systems • Key learning points • The evolution of business performance measurement • The balanced scorecard, a major advance in business performance management • SFM is an evolution beyond the balanced scorecard • The Management Cockpit, another advance in dashboards • How the SFM method works together with the Management Cockpit approach • Summary • What’s next  
 
Chapter 3: Try more new things: measuring and improving your sales from new sources performance • Key learning points • Sales from new sources in action • Who should measure and improve SFN performance? • Why should managers measure their SFN performance? • How do you implement the SFN measurements and improvements? • What are the indicators that best measure SFN performance? • Other indicators that you may consider to appraise your • SFN performance • How do you effectively use SFN performance? • How can managers improve a bad SFN performance? • What are the limitations of measuring and improving your • SFN performance? • Summary • What’s next
  
Chapter 4: Spend more time with customers: measuring and improving your time facing customers performance • Key learning points • What is time facing customers performance? • To whom does the TFC indicator apply? • Why should managers measure their TFC performance? • How do you implement the measurement and improvement of your TFC performance? • What are the indicators that drive the value of your TFC performance? • How do you effectively use the TFC indicators? • How can managers actually improve a bad TFC performance? • What are the limitations of measuring and improving TFC performance? • Summary • What’s next  
  
Chapter 5: Do the same thing but with reduced costs and delays: measuring and improving your gains from processes performance • Key learning points • What are gains from processes? • To whom does GFP performance apply? • Why should managers measure and improve their GFP performance? • How do you implement GFP? • What are the indicators that drive the value of GFP? • How do you effectively use GFP and what questions should you ask yourself? • How can managers improve a bad GFP performance? • What are the limitations of having a high GFP performance? • Summary • What’s next
  
Chapter 6: Give more to the best people: measuring and improving your people responsibility level performance • Key learning points • What is the people responsibility level? • To whom do the PRL indicators apply? • Why should managers measure and improve their PRL • performance? • How do you implement PRL? • What are the indicators that drive the value of your PRL performance? • How do you use PRL effectively and what questions should you ask yourself? • How can managers improve a bad PRL? • What are the limitations of the PRL method? • Summary • What’s next     
  
Chapter 7: Invest more in your critical resource: measuring and improving your return on critical resource performance • Key learning points • What is return on critical resource? • To whom does the RCR indicator apply? • Why should managers measure and improve their RCR performance? • How do you implement the RCR? • What are the indicators that drive the value of RCR performance? • How can managers improve a bad RCR performance? • What are the limitations of the RCR method? • Summary • What’s next
  
Chapter 8: Focus on one key change project: measuring and improving your key project status performance • Key learning points • What is key project status performance? • To whom do the KPS indicators apply? • Why should managers measure and improve their KPS • performance? • How do you implement KPS measurements? • What are the indicators that drive the value of your KPS performance? • What questions should you ask yourself? • How can managers improve a bad KPS performance? • What are the limitations of KPS performance? • Summary • What’s next
 
Chapter 9: Getting started • Key learning points • How to start • Where should you begin? • Some tips for success • Start from a priority • How do managers tailor SFM to the strategic and environmental context? • Help in getting started • Conclusion: What’s next  
  
Conclusion: key points of the SFM method
  
     248 pages    •     153 x 235 mm    •     ISBN 9780749468323   •    Paperback   • offer price rs  1295.00 only
 
About the Book
 
The Winning Bid is an easy-to-read, practical guide packed with examples. It will appeal to everyone involved in bidding: from the novice looking for guidance, to the seasoned bidder looking for ways to improve their win rate. It will also be invaluable for anyone working on funding and grant writing opportunities.
  
Emma Jaques provides expert guidance on where to find bidding opportunities, bid readiness, self- and competitor analysis, developing techniques for continuous improvement, how to share bid best practice through professional body accreditation or other channels and how to assess buyers’ behaviour.
 
Contents
 
Chapter 1: Bid basics: The fundamental things you need to know • The evolution of bidding • Bid myths - truth or fiction? • Skills analysis - what it takes to win a bid • Summary  
  
Chapter 2: Where to look for bidding opportunities • Finding public sector opportunities • Finding private sector opportunities • Summary
  
Chapter 3: Pre-qualifying for tenders: The first hurdle • Public sector pre-qualification • Private sector shortlisting • Summary  
  
Chapter 4: The decision to bid • Factors that should affect your decision to bid • Weighing it all up and making the big decision • Summary
  
Chapter 5: Keeping on track: Where to start and how to finish• Getting started on your bid • Project-managing your bid • Formatting and populating the document • Submitting on time • Summary  
  
Chapter 6: What to write and how to write it • The kick-off meeting - turning ideas into an action plan • Preparing a winning executive summary • Creating the content for your bid • Summary
  
Chapter 7: How much? Pricing your proposition • Budget • Price • Value • The pricing balancing act • Participating in e-auctions • Summary  
  
Chapter 8: The case for case studies • Choosing the right case studies • How to present case studies in your bid • What if? (Making the best of what you’ve got) • References • Summary
  
Chapter 9: It’s good to talk: Influencing and persuading throughout the process • Understanding your starting position • Building understanding and influencing the buyer and • other stakeholder groups • The face-to-face session: preparing for the final presentation • Summary  
  
Chapter 10: And the winner is ... (What happens after the decision is made) • How winners and losers are notified • Learning lessons for future bids • Creating a knowledge base for future bids • Measuring your bid performance over time • Summary
  
Chapter 11: A view from the other side: The buyer’s perspective • A (very) brief history of tendering procurement • The process of procurement - how it happens today • What buyers would like to say to bidders • The feedback I give to buyers • Summary  
  
Chapter 12: External funding bids and grant applications: Applying bid best practice in not-for-profit competitions • Types of grants/funding • Finding funding sources • Deciding which funds to bid for • Managing the bidding or application process • Summary
  
Chapter 13: Proposals: Using bid writing skills in proactive selling processes • What is a proposal? • How to construct an effective proposal • Presentation and delivery of your proposal • Follow-up • Summary
 
Chapter 14: The golden rules of bidding: Things I wish I’d known when I wrote my first bid
  
Chapter 15: Based on a true story ... the good, the bad and the ugly: Real-life examples from the world of bids • The good - the London Olympic bid • The bad - techniques to avoid • The ugly - how not to do it • Summary
 


Marketing
336 pages    •     153 x 235 mm    •     ISBN 9780749466763   •   price rs  1295.00
 
About the Book
 
"The Complete Marketer provides outstanding insight into the discipline of marketing. I highly recommend it to any business person who is serious about developing a world class marketing organization capable of winning in the Increasingly sophisticated, highly competitive and global markets of today."
 
 Steve Erickson, Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Parker Hannifin Corporation   
  
"A practical, no-nonsense introduction to the core dimensions of marketing. Brimming with facts and insights, this succinct, accessible text provides readers with knowledge and understanding of the crucial role of marketing in organizational success."
 Dr Ailsa Kolsaker, Senior Lecturer in Marketing and e-Business, Oxford Brookes University   
 
About the Book
 
The Complete Marketer is an accessible source of hard intelligence about the marketing discipline, broken down into 60 quick-to-read digestible topics each focusing on an essential area. Examples include:
  
ü  internet marketing
ü  understanding consumers
ü  market audits
ü  segmentation
ü  advertising and PR
ü  managing a sales team
ü  social media marketing
ü  strategy
 
Designed as the ultimate "dive-in" resource, this book applies the authors’ marketing know-how to every aspect of marketing management and the marketing mix, making it an invaluable resource for general managers, non-qualified marketers and students taking a module in marketing as part of a broader degree course.
 
About the Book
 
Part One- Understanding the basics of marketing
TOPIC 1: The discipline of marketing • TOPIC 2: A market orientation • TOPIC 3: The marketing mix • TOPIC 4: Customer retention strategies • TOPIC 5: Marketing and ethics • TOPIC 6: Marketing: concept, function or process? • TOPIC 7: World-class marketing.
 
Part Two- Different types of marketing
TOPIC 8: Marketing consumer products • TOPIC 9: Marketing industrial products • TOPIC 10: Marketing service products • TOPIC 11: Marketing high-tech products • TOPIC 12: Marketing capital goods • TOPIC 13: Trade marketing • TOPIC 14: Category management • TOPIC 15: Relationship marketing • TOPIC 16: International and global marketing.
 
Part Three- Marketing in the digital age
TOPIC 17: Internet marketing • TOPIC 18: Social media marketing • TOPIC 19: Mobile marketing • TOPIC 20: Databases for marketing.
  
Part Four- Understanding customers
TOPIC 21: Consumer buying behaviour • TOPIC 22: Organizational buying behaviour • TOPIC 23: Market segmentation • TOPIC 24: International market segmentation.
 
Part Five- Understanding markets
TOPIC 25: Marketing information and research • TOPIC 26: Preparing a marketing research brief • TOPIC 27: Auditing a market • TOPIC 28: Constructing a SWOT • TOPIC 29: Competitor analysis • TOPIC 30: The Boston Matrix • TOPIC 31: The Directional Policy Matrix • TOPIC 32: The Ansoff Matrix.
 
Part Six- Managing the marketing mix
TOPIC 33: Branding • TOPIC 34: The product life cycle • TOPIC 35: Diffusion of innovation • TOPIC 36: Developing new products • TOPIC 37: Pricing strategies • TOPIC 38: Setting a price • TOPIC 39: Sales promotion • TOPIC 40: Advertising • TOPIC 41: Public relations • TOPIC 42: Sponsorship • TOPIC 43: Personal selling • TOPIC 44: Managing the sales team • TOPIC 45: Key account management • TOPIC 46: Implementing key account management • TOPIC 47: Channel strategy • TOPIC 48: Channel management • TOPIC 49: Customer service strategies • TOPIC 50: Multi-channel integration • TOPIC 51: Integrated marketing communication and distribution channels.
 
Part seven- Planning and control
TOPIC 52: Forecasting sales • TOPIC 53: Marketing planning • TOPIC 54: Barriers to implementing marketing planning systems • TOPIC 55: International product planning • TOPIC 56: Organizational structure and marketing • TOPIC 57: Budgeting for marketing • TOPIC 58: Legal issues in marketing • TOPIC 59: Marketing due diligence • TOPIC 60: Marketing metrics.
Management / Leadership
New Arrival    •     280 pages    •     153 x 235 mm    •     ISBN 9780749465643   •    Paperback   • price rs  1295.00
 
 
Reviews
 
"A thoroughly insightful and fresh perspective on leadership." -Melanie Richards, Partner, KPMG
  
"A thought-provoking book that rattles through the physical and the meta-physical and provides a radical blueprint to reconnect us with our bodies, enabling us to become more effective in our everyday lives. If you’ve struggled with business school leadership models and the endless leadership ‘how to’ books then this will provide a refreshing alternative."
 Chris Bones, Professor of Creativity & Leadership at Manchester Business School, Dean Emertius of the Henley Business School and winner of the UK’s Management Book of the Year 2012   
  
"A thought provoking, practical, and accessible guide on how to use your body to develop authority, presence and impact as a leader."   John Leary-Joyce, CEO of the Academy of Executive Coaching   
  
"I really enjoyed this book. Pete Hamill offers a very fresh and momentous perspective on leadership as an embodied practice, rather than an innate capability."  Paulo Pisano, EVP and Global People Director, Pearson International   
 
About the Book
 
We don’t need leaders who know about leadership - we need leaders who embody the capacity to lead in the midst of ambiguity and complexity. The concept of embodied leadership is derived from somatic coaching, a unique approach that brings the body forward as an advocate in creating a place for change and transformation. It brings together language, action, feeling and meaning and is based on the idea that the mind and body are inextricably linked: to develop one, you must cultivate the other.
  
Embodied Leadership deconstructs our thinking about the body using key discoveries in neuroscience to demonstrate the uses and benefits of a somatic approach, particularly in the area of emotional intelligence. It is full of practical exercises throughout to help you develop embodied leadership skills and personal development.
 
Contents
 
Part One- Setting the foundations
  
Chapter 1: What do we mean by leadership anyway? • Leadership: the leaders • Leadership: the position • Leadership: actions and behaviours • Leadership: the results • Leadership: an integration • Recommended reading • Notes. 
Chapter 2: How do I get better at it? • Self-cultivation • What are you practising? • Deliberate practice • Embodiment and mastery • Beginnings • Recommended reading • Notes .
Chapter 3: If I am to develop myself, what exactly is my ‘self’? • The evolution of an idea about who we are • Understanding the root question • Descartes’ answer • An alternative answer? • Can we find something that makes more sense? • An embodied mind • Recommended reading • Notes.
Chapter 4: What does neuroscience have to say about the self? • Health warning: how to read neuroscience research • Growing a brain: understanding brain development • How the brain-body unit functions • Going with our guts • From somatic markers to the shape of the self • Recommended reading • Notes.     
Chapter 5: Embodying our selves • How somatic markers shape us • The impact of somatic markers • Applying this to leadership • New ideas for leadership development • Recommended reading • Notes.
  
Part Two- Exploring the ideas in practice
  
Chapter 6: Developing choice and clarity as a leader • The meeting • Centering • Moving forwards • Applying Jane’s learning • Recommended reading • Notes.
Chapter 7: Conflict, stress and our conditioned tendencies • Conditioned tendency response • Meeting again • Blending • John’s stress • Applying this learning • Recommended reading • Notes.
Chapter 8: Giving feedback and being mindful rather than mindless • Somatic assessments • John’s programme • Ongoing practice • Mindfulness meditation • From mindfulness to mastery • Applying this learning • Recommended reading • Notes.
  
Part Three- The wider implications for leadership
  
Chapter 9: Ethical leadership • Understanding group behaviours • Ethical reasoning versus rationalization • Ethical frameworks • Ethical dilemmas • Resisting social pressures and rationalizations • Taking a stand • Saying ‘no’/declines • Insists • Quits • What about controls? • Exercising ethical leadership • Creating an ethical code • Recommended reading • Notes.
Chapter 10: Leadership for the 21st century • Working with complex systems • Innovation and creativity • We are motivated to be leaders • Innovation = leadership • Recommended reading • Notes.
Chapter 11: Conclusions • Taking up this challenge • Practise, practise, practise... • Embodied leadership development programmes • Certifying as a somatic coach • Further resources for consultants and coaches.
Management/Training
New Arrival    •     272 pages    •     153 x 235 mm    •     ISBN 9780749468996   •    Paperback   •    `special price offer rs 795.00
 
Reviews
 
"Robin’s work constantly asks you to challenge your preconceptions of what good training should be about. He excels in questioning the attitudes of the status quo and accepted thinking that has allowed much of L&D to lack the innovation it needs." Jon Kennard, Editor, trainingzone.co.uk
  
"… brings together a wealth of theoretical understanding and rich operational experience in this practical book that supports and challenges us to make training serve organizational performance as well as individual development needs." Phil Green, Writer and Consultant at Onlignment and Former Chair of the e-learning Network
  
"… vital advice for anyone interested in developing an organization’s most valuable resource - its people."
- Svetlana Omeltchenko, Vice President, Global Marketing Insights, Coty lnc. Paris
  
About the Book
 
The training needs of any workforce vary dramatically across different levels of experience and seniority. Meanwhile, traditional training approaches are under pressure, budgets are limited and training teams feel marginalized in the face of a tidal wave of information available at the click of a mouse. This new environment requires new responses. Complete Training looks at the employee life cycle and presents a series of training challenges and opportunities relevant to new starters and old hands alike.
 
It aims to enable learning and development practitioners to build team and individual capability and create an organization with a memory, continually learning from its own endeavours. By looking at how learning organizations succeed, Complete Training seeks to re-position L&D as central to the business, central to strategy and central to the organization’s mission.
 
Contents
 
Introduction: A manifesto.
  
Chapter 1: Employee life cycles • The new recruit • The new manager • The leader • The specialist • The retiree. 
Chapter 2: Complete Training tools: the starting point • Training needs analysis or TNA • Shared learning outcomes: getting better at the things which matter • Knowledge, skills and behaviours • Self-directed learning or pre-workshop activities • Life cycle tips. 
 
Chapter 3: Complete Training tools: workshops • The real costs of the training room • Developing skills • Efficiency and effectiveness • Presenting • Engagement and the A-ha! moment • Planning, planning and planning again • The process of unlearning • Life cycle tips. 
 
Chapter 4: Complete Training tools: follow-up activities and on-the-job/informal learning • Back to work: the line manager’s role • Coaching and mentoring • Back to work: doing something different • Life cycle tips. 
 
Chapter 5: Can all the tools work together? • Technology-based blended learning • 70:20:10 - the much abused new orthodoxy • An experiential learning model • The curse of learning styles • Reflection - the lost art? • The line manager is key - again! • Life cycle tips 
 
Chapter 6: Technology: what works and what doesn’t • The most common and most abused technology- • PowerPoint • E-learning - does it have to be so dull? • Web 2.0: the hope and the hype • A new set of skills for new opportunities • Life cycle tips. 
 
Chapter 7: Knowledge management and performance management: mutually exclusive? • High performance teams • Achieve at all costs? • Building organizational memory • Situated learning and the corporate intranet • Quality circles and role models • The Knower’s Arc • Towards wisdom management • Life cycle tips.
Chapter 8: What gets measured gets done • Return on investment: quality vs cost saving • Measuring impact - control groups • Credit where it’s due - but where’s that? • Supporting the strategy • The performance director • Life cycle tips. 
 
Chapter 9: Growing your own talent and succession planning • The role of higher education • Selecting the best • Grow your own • Manage the talent you already have • Beyond the greasy pole - the skills needed for the future • Externships • Collaboration and sharing - development which drives the organizational memory • Life cycle tips.
 
Chapter 10: The strategy checklist.
 
 
New Arrival    •     184 pages    •     140 x 216 mm    •     ISBN 9780749467890   •    Paperback   •    special price rs  225.00
 
About the Book
 
Containing an enormous bank of test questions, How to Pass Advanced Numeracy Tests provides advice, practice and exercises to help you prepare for the rigorous tests used by employers, helping you to build up speed, accuracy and confidence.
 
Testing expert Mike Bryon offers guidance on a range of areas, including:
 
ü  quantitative reasoning
ü  data interpretation
ü  business judgement
ü  data sufficiency
 
Covering percentages, currency, fractions, volume, graphs, charts and equations, How to Pass Advanced Numeracy Tests also provides mock tests for each section covered, giving you everything you need to boost your ability and face the challenge head on.