Books published by John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd

'For those farmers who value their team, respect their cows and are focused on leading a sustainable farming business, adopting a Lean way of thinking will be a breakthrough. Reading The Lean Dairy Farm may be your best investment ever.' --Juliet Maclean, farmer and co-founder, OnSide and Synlait > --Andrew Meuli, farmer Make your farm better, smarter, and more productive The Lean method is revolutionising farming globally with its proven approach for reducing waste, improving productivity and sustaining profits. In The Lean Dairy Farm, dairy farmer and Lean consultant Jana Hocken explains why this approach is essential to every dairy farm. Using her own family's farm as a case study, she introduces practical tools that every farmer can apply and shows you how to create a farm culture that supports Lean thinking. Even if Lean is entirely new to you, this book offers a simple blueprint for applying its principles and practices to improve your farm. You'll learn how to: quickly make use of basic Lean concepts on your farm identify and eliminate waste in farm processes organise your farm effectively to improve productivity standardise your processes to do everything right the first time develop an engaged, high performing team. If you want a more efficient, profitable and robust dairy farm, The Lean Dairy Farm is for you.

Bring calm to the chaos in your life Whether you find yourself checked out, burnt out, or just plain freaked out; you deserve better. Psychologist Alison Hill takes you deep into the key pillars for our happiness, health and sanity to help you live a life filled with purpose and progress. Productivity training or the latest organisational system will only take you so far. To make lasting change you need the right tools, mindset and skills. Boss of Busy helps you find the courage and optimism to live the life you crave, let go of what is holding you back and learn how to prioritise what really matters.

Master the power of influence and persuasion What if you could instantly boost your capability to influence, motivate and connect with people? How could it increase your productivity, team culture and bottom line? Better yet, what if you could influence yourself to achieve greater success? Imagine the impact that would have on your life and fortunes. How to Influence People takes these ideas out of the realm of what-if and turns them into reality. Whether you're a new manager looking for direction, an experienced leader looking to hone your skills or a sales professional looking for better ways to connect, How to Influence People is for you!

Who do you need around you? Networking is an essential skill; it's the key to your success. So why are so many of our connections superficial and transactional? And why do they get us nowhere in our personal or professional life? Maybe because we've lost sight of the fact that it's not about the quantity of connections you make, but the quality of the relationships you build and nurture. From internationally-acclaimed entrepreneur and Fortune 500 mentor Janine Garner, It's Who You Know shows you how to build, manage and leverage your power network to create opportunities and drive success. Networking still matters, but your network matters even more. With It's Who You Know, you can learn to connect with those who will add real value to your professional and personal development.

Boost your brain and gain an edge in everything you do Smarter Sharper Thinking reveals how you can expand your brain's capability to think well under stress, to focus and get more out of your day, to be more creative and innovative, and to prepare you for future challenges. Utilising the latest neuro-scientific principles, Dr Jenny Brockis shows how you can increase your brain fitness by developing a habit-changing plan to get more done with less effort. In 12 key areas, Smarter Sharper Thinking presents simple, action-based principles that can be readily incorporated into your daily routines to train your brain for high performance.

Bring more energy to everything in your life It Starts with PassionM will help you ignite the purpose in your life, as well as in the lives of your colleagues, employees, and associates. In-depth research, practical concepts, inspirational stories, and clear visual models will show you how to find out what's meaningful to you and pursue it with passion. For three decades, Keith Abraham has been helping people around the world to harness their passion, achieve their goals and focus on what's most important to bring the best out of themselves and their business. It's time to embark on a life of certainty, clarity and confidence and It Starts with Passion.

What would you do today if you were being brave? Courage begets courage. It's a habit. Doing something brave every day - no matter how small - unlocks new possibilities, opportunities and pathways to thrive in your work, relationships and life. Drawing on her background in business, psychology and coaching, best-selling author Margie Warrell guides you past the fears that keep you from making the changes to create your ideal life. In today's uncertain times, fear can unconsciously direct our lives. Start small, dare big, and begin today to live with greater purpose, courage and success.

'Fix Your Team is real, smart and packed with practical advice. It calls on all managers and internal advisors to be brave and bold in their management--and all team members to hold each other accountable to create a great workplace.' --Tasha Eurich, New York Times best-selling author of Insight and Bankable Leadership > --Marshall Goldsmith, Thinkers50 #1 Leadership Thinker and #1 Executive Coach, and New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author If you are working in, advising or managing a dysfunctional team, then you know first-hand the destructive impacts of conflict, bad behaviour and poor culture. But a dysfunctional team doesn't have to stay that way. In Fix Your Team, workplace advisors Rose Bryant-Smith and Grevis Beard show you how to take action and get your team back on track. Through tested strategies, useful case studies and practical exercises, this essential guidebook will reveal how to: identify and address the problems that are holding your team back shift and resolve a destructive, inefficient or unethical dynamic improve the team's culture, values and behaviours. Fix Your Team offers real, practical hope to team members, as well as team managers and advisers. You can Fix Your Team.

The sixth book in the Wrightbooks Made Simple series, Options Made Simple is an uncomplicated guide to trading options for beginners. This book outlines some simple, easy to understand strategies anyone can use to start trading options. The book will be a succinct paperback with lower price point, and provide the perfect first step into trading options. An option is a binding contract that gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an underlying asset at a specific price on or before a certain date it has strictly defined terms and properties. Options are very versatile and allow you to change your position according to the situation they can be speculative or conservative depending on your trading strategy, but the risk can be mitigated by having a firm basic understanding. The Made Simple series is the perfect vehicle for this content as readers are taken step\by\step through everything they need to know about trading options. Including what can go wrong and can work out which strategies they are most comfortable with.

CFDs Made Simple is the essential guide for anyone who wants to make money trading CFDsContracts for difference (CFDs) offer an opportunity to make your money work hard for you with the potential for large returns on little outlay. This book includes the information you need to know to get started trading CFDs, and it provides tried-and-true strategies anyone can use.Inside you'll find information on: types of orders and how to place them using leverage to your advantage managing risk CFD providers (direct market access versus market makers) avoiding the common mistakes many CFD traders make strategies for successIf you're ready to make the move from trading shares to trading CFDs and maximise your success without all the stress, this is the book for you.

How, given the chance, would YOU market planet EARTH as the ultimate tourist destination? Fysh Reynolds, 24-year-old MBA grad and internet superstar, must answer this question when his part-time job playing Ronald McDonald at kids' birthday parties thrusts him into an unexpected position of power. When aliens land on Earth, they mistake the golden arches to be our most prolific centre of authority and assume Fysh-dressed as Ronald-to be leader of the free world. The aliens' mission: to establish Earth as a premium travel destination for intergalactic tourists. Fysh, a gen Y marketing prodigy, is charged with creating the most powerful brand in the universe: Brand Earth. This fun, quirky and irreverent business fable unravels the mystery of why some brands have the power to inspire deep and primal emotions in consumers that make products legendary and their developers filthy rich. CEO of Earth is a blueprint for marketers who want to engage the philosophies that have propelled the world's most celebrated brands to greatness.

TRANSFORM YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH POWERFUL LESSONS FROM THE FRONTLINE Leading on the Frontline presents a powerful new perspective on what it means to truly lead. After two decades in some of the world's most dangerous conditions, humanitarian aid worker Linda Cruse has witnessed extraordinary leadership -- and the miracles it can accomplish. Here, she shares the lessons and stories from the frontline that illustrate how to dig deep, inspire, and thrive. Leaders face frequent upheaval, unexpected roadblocks, intense pressure and new challenges amid a constantly changing landscape. This book brings humanitarian leadership into focus for a compelling lesson in engagement, motivation, inspiration and innovation. Enlightening, inspirational and transformational, Leading on the Frontline equips you with the skills and perspective you need to become the leader you want to be.

MASTER THE RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE MARKET Real Estate Dangers and How to Avoid Them is your must-read guide to the residential property market, whether you're looking for your dream home, seeking to sell a property, or aiming to flip or rent out an existing investment. Author and industry veteran Andrew Trim provides an insider's perspective of the residential real estate industry and through simple, effective strategies, shows you how to avoid the dangers and make smarter decisions about property. Loaded with smart tips and insider information, you will learn how to: avoid the traps that mislead buyers and sellers identify pointless add-ons and bogus charges learn the tricks of the trade and where to cut costs become a smarter landlord and attract quality tenants make shrewd decisions, minimise financial risk and let the system work for you. Packed with clear, no-nonsense advice for buyers, sellers, landlords, and flippers, Real Estate Dangers and How to Avoid Them arms you with the knowledge you need to succeed in the property business.