The Charisma Myth by Olivia Fox Cabane is a book that offers readers a comprehensive guide to developing and cultivating charisma. Cabane argues that charisma is not an innate quality that some people are born with, but rather a set of learned behaviours and practices that anyone can acquire with time and effort.
Customer Centricity: Focus on the Right Customers for Strategic Advantage by Peter Fader is a comprehensive guide to understanding and leveraging customer data to drive business success. Fader argues that the traditional approach to customer service, which treats all customers as equal, is outdated and ineffective. Instead, he advocates for a customer-centric approach that focuses on identifying and targeting the most valuable customers to drive revenue growth.
Hug Your Haters: How to Embrace Complaints and Keep Your Customers by Jay Baer is a compelling book that explores the power of embracing customer complaints and turning them into opportunities to enhance customer loyalty and business success. Baer provides valuable insights, real-world examples, and actionable strategies to help organisations effectively handle customer feedback and create a culture of customer-centricity.
Crisis Management: Planning for the Inevitable by Steven Fink is a foundational book on crisis management, offering a detailed guide on how businesses and organisations can anticipate, prepare for, and effectively respond to crises. Fink, a leading expert in the field, argues that crises are not random or unpredictable events but rather inevitable occurrences that organisations must proactively manage. He provides practical strategies to minimise damage, protect reputations, and ensure business continuity during turbulent times.
To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others by Daniel H. Pink is a book that challenges the notion that sales is the domain of a select group of individuals with a specific set of skills. In fact, Pink argues that we are all in sales, as we spend a significant amount of our time trying to move others to our way of thinking, whether we are convincing our boss to give us a raise or persuading our children to clean their room.
The Art of Dealing with People by Les Giblin is a book that offers practical advice for building strong relationships with others. The author argues that success in business and life depends largely on our ability to connect with and influence others, and that this ability can be developed through deliberate practice and attention to certain key principles.