Leading psychologist and wellbeing expert, Lee Chambers found success by prioritizing wellbeing and embracing uncertainty. In this book, he shares his thirteen essential tools to help you unlock your potential.

From having a flexible vision and identifying how failure can move us forward, through to loving life's squiggles and working with empathy, you'll learn how to redefine success, wake up feeling excited about what you do and find your purpose.

Research suggests that up to 50% of people are introverts, and yet so much conventional leadership wisdom focuses on developing people’s ‘extrovert’ qualities in order to succeed at work.

But what if introversion isn’t something to “fix”, and being quiet could actually make you a better leader?

In a world where extroverted leaders often dominate the conversation, new book Quiet Leader offers a refreshing perspective. It empowers introverted individuals to embrace their unique leadership strengths such as humility, good listening, being reflective and staying calm.

Quiet Leader helps introverts in business understand the value they add and how to overcome the extrovert bias they might encounter. Rather than trying to change personalities, Quiet Leader helps introverts use their natural strengths to bring out the best in colleagues and team members and give everyone - extroverts included - a better understanding of how to become better leaders themselves.

Author Sissel Heiberg, a quiet leader herself, with close to 20 years of experience in large corporations, has witnessed that the loudest voices often dominate discussions and self-promote which can lead to misguided decisions and the selection of unsuitable leaders. This has fuelled her passion to raise awareness about organisational dynamics, the bias against introverts and to help organisations better utilise the right skills at the right time to enhance overall team performance.

Building on research and interviews, each chapter focuses on an introvert strength, explaining why it is a valuable leadership trait and includes a toolkit with tangible examples, strategies and ideas for using this strength in the workplace. Written for both introverts and extroverts, this book helps readers develop, build and use these skills at work.

Quiet Leader is a must-read for anyone looking to improve their leadership effectiveness while staying true to their authentic selves. Whether an experienced leader or just starting out, this book provides valuable insights and motivation to help readers succeed in leadership.

How can we create working environments where people can not only thrive, but also recover well, so they can sustainably continue to thrive again and again?

The key, says professor and former Olympic finalist Dr Susan Goldsworthy, is creating “secure bases” that provide a safe environment where each individual feels free to take risks without fear of failure or judgement. This trust-based foundation encourages exploration of potential and development of self-awareness, which helps individuals navigate obstacles more effectively, handle external pressures and foster a culture of confidence and innovation.

In her new book Care, Dare, Share: The Secure Base Coach, Rev. Dr Susan Goldsworthy draws up her experience of elite sport, neuroscience and 20 years working with businesses to create an accessible hands-on guide for leaders. It equips leaders with practical tools and strategies to cultivate sustainable, high-performance cultures where people feel supported by fostering conscious choice, constructive challenge and courageous communication.

Care, Dare, Share emphasises the importance of human connection as a critical driver for success. It champions empathy, understanding, and genuine collaboration, strengthening relationships in teams and organisations. These connections, built on mutual trust and shared purpose, enable teams to unlock their highest potential and work together more effectively, even in the face of adversity.

Care, Dare, Share offers a variety of exercises and reflective questions that helps coaches and leaders to apply secure base principles. It serves as a springboard for personal and professional growth, allowing leaders, coaches and HR teams to tailor the tools to meet the specific needs of their organisations.

Rewriting Your Leadership Code encourages us to look behind the mirror at how our childhood experiences secretly influence the way we make decisions, behave, and feel about ourselves at work, and crucially shows how we can channel their impact to our advantage.

The 9-5 routine has become more complicated for business leaders, with 74% saying that the number of decisions they make every day has risen over the past five years. Leaders are having to rely on their instincts to cope with the increased pressure and workload. But by running on automatic, we risk bringing unreliable traits and subconscious biases to the surface.

Written by leadership expert Nik Kinley and organisational psychologist Shlomo Ben-Hur, this new book draws upon decades of research and proven neurological and psychological mechanisms to show how our past experiences shape our adult tendencies and why early experiences of stress, conflict and friendship can create blind spots for our leadership patterns.

From how we act in meetings and manage conflict to whether we respect our boss and can handle change, our childhood plays a pivotal part in how we lead our teams and organisations when under pressure. By understanding these triggers and traits, managers can be more aware of when they’re running on automatic and ensure their actions are intentional, relevant, and effective.

Families are the most prevalent type of business owners in any global economy. They collectively control a huge proportion of the world’s wealth and play a significant role in shaping wider society.

However, succeeding across generations is difficult. Family dynamics and emotions add an extra layer of complexity to leadership and decision making, and only few family businesses continue to prosper beyond the first generation.

So why is it that some families are able to build a legacy that will last far into the future, while others fade away?

Now a new book, written by professors and world-leading experts in entrepreneurship and family business Alfredo De Massis and Emanuela Rondi, provides a practical roadmap to help families navigate these challenges and thrive across generations. The Family Business Book blends over 20 years of research with practical, real-world experience, to provide a unique combination of academic rigor and actionable insights.

Readers will discover how to understand the subtle nuances, complexities and key challenges of the journey undertaken by entrepreneurial families across generations. Through its entrepreneurial family galaxy concept, the book shows how to disentangle complicated and emotionally-charged family dynamics, to build a strategic plan that will ensure long-term success and a lasting legacy for the future.

The book is full of practical templates, worksheets, reflection questions and actionable strategies to guide readers in the development of a roadmap that allows their family business to prosper.

The Family Business Book takes a deep dive into the complex world of family business and is an essential read for family entrepreneurs, managers, professionals, business students and anyone interested in the dynamics of entrepreneurial families.

Governance, or the quality of decision-making at the very top of organisations, is central to organisational success. It can not only drive commercial performance, but also foster a culture of positive social impact and economic value creation.

However, boards often fail their organisation – typically in the areas of risk oversight, strategy, the selection and support of the CEO and senior management, and integrity. Making boards more effective, therefore, is crucial to improving governance around the world.

In a world of geopolitical conflict, division, and social and economic uncertainty, now more than ever, boards need to adapt their own governance practice to anticipate and confront the challenges that lie ahead and steer the organisation with clarity.

High Performance Boards is a comprehensive manual for mastering best practices in modern governance, offering pragmatic guidance on improving board quality, accountability, and performance.

Author Didier Cossin is a professor of governance at the Institute for Management Development. He draws upon more than thirty years of experience working with boards across the globe to assess and improve governance – in large global companies, sovereign wealth funds, government bodies, international organisations, non-profits, family businesses, and tech start-ups. Prof Cossin reveals his Four Pillars of Board Effectiveness methodology: the quality, diversity, focus, and dedication of individual directors; sophisticated information architecture; well-functioning structures and processes; and healthy group dynamics and board culture.

This book covers both the diagnosis and treatment of governance problems and provides directors with a practical guide to making their boards more effective:

• Part I introduces the Four Pillars of Board Effectiveness methodology used to assess governance health.
• Part II addresses the most common areas of governance failure, and how boards can guard against these.
• Part III looks at the importance of board leadership and the role of the chair in ensuring quality governance.
• Part IV is a compendium of best-in-class governance practices, with each chapter covering a specific aspect of board work.

High Performance Boards has inspired more than 3000 board members around the world and is essential reading for professionals and managers interested in governance and board members, senior managers, investors, lawyers, and students of governance.

From unexpected scams to overnight riches, fintech is a captivating world full of fame, fortune and failure.

Fintech Wars delves into one of the world's most lucrative and fast-growing sectors. Witness the bold strategies, groundbreaking innovations, and relentless drive that propelled fintech unicorns like PayPal, Nubank and Monzo to transform the world. Featuring interviews with generational founders including Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Nigel Morris (Capital One), and Martha Lane Fox (Lastminute.com), the narrators of this book have built companies that represent over one trillion dollars in market capitalization.

As the founder of a digital bank, James da Costa is a fintech insider. He draws upon his network and first-hand experiences to offer a fascinating look into the intricacies and motivations behind building billion-dollar disruptors. Step into the fascinating, unpredictable and inspiring world of fintech.

Success requires taking a risk, or two. But have you ever bet the house on a seemingly good idea for it to become a bad business decision?

Risk isn't just about being risky and having a blasé attitude to responsibility. It's about understanding risk more broadly, from the level of risk involved in a decision and how to reduce it, to the difference between short-term and long-term risk.

Based on fifteen years researching and interviewing leaders, including the founders and chief executives of some of the biggest businesses around the world, award-winning journalist Graham Ruddick, has found that there's a pivotal trait leaders have when it comes to success: they understand risk.

Join icons from the worlds of business, finance, journalism and sports who know how to make risk work for them and push the boundaries so you can elevate your business.

The 9-5 routine has become more complicated for business leaders, with 74% saying that the number of decisions they make every day has risen over the past five years. Leaders are having to rely on their instincts to cope with the increased pressure and workload. But by running on automatic, we risk bringing unreliable traits and subconscious biases to the surface.

Written by leadership expert Nik Kinley and organisational psychologist Shlomo Ben-Hur, this new book draws upon decades of research and proven neurological and psychological mechanisms to show how our past experiences shape our adult tendencies and why early experiences of stress, conflict and friendship can create blind spots for our leadership patterns.

From how we act in meetings and manage conflict to whether we respect our boss and can handle change, our childhood plays a pivotal part in how we lead our teams and organisations when under pressure. By understanding these triggers and traits, managers can be more aware of when they’re running on automatic and ensure their actions are intentional, relevant, and effective.

Businesses face unprecedented challenges with technology, supply chain issues, economic uncertainty, and political instability. To avoid being overwhelmed by the chaos and outmanoeuvred by their competitors, leaders must learn how to turn disruption into opportunity and instil strategic thinking into their teams, cultures, and management styles.

Every leader can learn to be a stronger strategic thinker. From mental agility and pattern recognition to visioning and political savvy, this book digs deep into the six disciplines of strategic thinking that separate good and great leaders, and offers the tools required to build this skill into a competitive edge in a VUCA environment.

A comprehensive, practical, and actionable guide to strategic thinking, this essential new book offers a wealth of insights and tools for leaders at all levels to help them win the game of business – strategically.

Drawing upon thirty-five years of experience in team development, James Scouller, author of new book series HOW TO BUILD WINNING TEAMS AGAIN AND AGAIN offers breakthrough answers on team success. Using easy-to read, concise language, he sets out the psychological keys, action principals and road map to building outstanding teams.

This unique book series is broken into three practical handbooks:

• Book One explains what you need to KNOW about teams.

• Book Two explains what you need to DO in building and sustaining teams.

• Book Three explains HOW to do it by guiding readers on the best sequence of actions

Dr Audrey Tang offers a step change in how leaders and organisations should approach wellbeing in their organisations. She recommends techniques and strategies to banish burnout and create a culture of psychological safety and inclusion to keep teams feeling valued, motivated and energised. With lots of exercises to practise regularly, this book will help you make lasting positive, transformational change.

The Leader’s Guide to Wellbeing completes Dr Tang’s ‘head–heart–gut’ series of books (see also The Leader’s Guide to Mindfulness and The Leader’s Guide to Resilience) and supports wellbeing as a core function of leadership. It offers the leader – and their teams – a clear understanding of what wellbeing is, as well as practical ways to create a culture of wellbeing within the organisation and the individual.