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Managing Change Step by Step - all you need to build a plan and make it happen by Richard Newton

This book is a detailed description for change managers of how to manage change. It is a good handbook for those who want to manage change in a systemmatic and thorough way.

Think again - why good leaders make bad decisions and how to keep it from happening to you by Sidney Finkelstein, Jo Whitehead and Andrew Campbell

This book explains how leaders make bad decisions based on 4 sources of error (red flag conditions) - misleading prejudgements, misleading experiences, inappropriate self-interest; inappropriate attachments. Each chapter is excellently illustrated by examples of decisions wrongly made. The final chapters explain the types of safeguards that can be used to overcome the red flag conditions - experience and data; group debate and challenge; governance; and monitoring.

The Relational Manager by Michael Schluter and David John Lee

This book provides guidance on how managers can improve relationships in their organisation and thereby enhance the achievement of the company's goals.

The Project Manager - Mastering the art of delivery by Richard Newton

A description of the core skills needed by the successful project manager and a welcome move away from the plethora of books in this field which focus on process and techniques.

Managing Change and Making it Stick by Roger Plant

A classic on managing change in organisations.  Practice has progressed since this book was written but this is a very readable book with a great blend of theory and practice.

Interim Management by Dennis Russell

The best and most comprehensive book on the subject of Interim Management is the book called Interim Management (The new career choice for senior managers) by Dennis Russell.  Worth every penny and every moment spent reading it.

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Ries & Jack Trout

A very readable book which is full of ideas on how to improve the marketing of your company, whether it is large or small.

The Trusted Advisor by David Maister, Charles Green and Robert Galford

A book for those of us who work as interims, consultants and advisors, it provides very helpful guidance on buidling trust in to our relationships with our clients.

The Seven Cs of Consulting - the definitive guide to the consulting process by Mick Cope

This book is based around a 7Cs framework - Client; Clarify; Create; Change; Confirm; Continue; Close.  The description is very methodical and deals with the hard as well as soft issues of the consultancy process.  Full of analytical techniques appropriate to each stage.

The Project Workout: A Toolkit for Reaping the Rewards from all your Business Projects by Robert Buttrick

This is a very useful handbook which describes a project management framework for implementation in organisations of all sizes.  It also covers the organisation management responsibilities which makes it especially valuable.  This is all described in a very practical manner.  I see many organisations trying to follow a Prince 2 approach even when this is not mandated and it would be better for many of them, especially the smaller ones to follow the practical approach described in this book.