Books published by Rethink Press

We are part of an emerging economy in which entrepreneurs are creating new ways to fund new ventures, gain support, find money and access resources. At the core of this economy are relationships founded on trust.Trust Is The New Currency shows you how you can use trust as currency to attract the right business partners and ultimately achieve the results you desire.Read this book to discover:• New ways to maximise trust in your business• How money follows trust and why it should be at the heart every venture• The key roles in your business, where you fit in and where there are gaps• How to improve relationships, build trust from scratch and deepen trust• The power of partnering to create wealth through business and investments

Stop trying to do everything yourself.The REAL Entrepreneur is for every business owner who wants to do more but feels that their business is taking over their life. It will help you build a business that works for you and enable you to become truly entrepreneurial in your outlook and approach. Packed with practical tools and techniques, you will learn how to avoid distraction, overwhelm and fire-fighting, and build a great team around you so that your business can thrive.The REAL Entrepreneur will enable you to…• Look at your business in a new, more entrepreneurial, way• Find out how to scale your business without it consuming you• Learn how successful entrepreneurs build resilience• Uncover the secrets of forming and managing great teams• Discover what it means for you to get 'up and out' of your businessIf you want more consistency, structure and certainty in your business but don't know how to go about changing things, read this book.

Taking inspiration and insight from the world's most innovative organisations, The Innovation Ecosystem identifies the four elements they all share, providing you with a step-by-step guide to doing it in your business. When you read this book you will understand how organisations such as Google and IKEA continue to innovate and grow.You will also discover how to: Set a clear innovation strategy that aligns to your business objectives Inspire your leadership team to encourage, enable and reward innovation Measure innovation and put structures and processes in place to ensure it is protected from 'business as usual' Turn employees into innovators by giving them the tools, knowledge and space to innovate This book is a must-read for business leaders who want to understand how to unlock the creative potential of their people and deliver sustainable innovation in their business.

Today's leaders are navigating rapidly evolving technology, organisational uncertainty, financial pressure and changing client demands. At the same time employees expect leaders to be purpose-driven, authentic, inspiring, inclusive and to create an environment where they feel safe to discuss mental health. Balancing the many demands on leaders at work, and at home, requires resilience.Angela defines resilience as the ability to take the challenges and changes of life in your stride and say "yes" to the opportunities that excite you.The resilience habits in this book are entirely within your control, simple to understand, quick to do, can be done anywhere, cost no money and require no kit.

One-size-fits-all is dead.A mass-market, standardised approach to hospitality and foodservice, with its cookie- cutter outlet design, people development and menu strategy is not working for your guests anymore. Modern consumers are dissatisfied with uniformity and yearn for empowerment and self-expression.Customisation, personalisation, bespoke and tailored experiences are a growing part of 21st century life. The very pervasiveness of customisation makes the trend what it is today: an expectation.Your guests are in control, they have more choices than ever before, and they command the conversation. Your business just became personal.Read this book to: Understand why providing customisation and bespoke service is too important to ignore Stand out from the 'sea of sameness' by creating memorable, individual experiences Develop your people so they deliver the bespoke experiences your customers require Focus on your brand throughout your guests' journeys across all your consumer touch points Craft your menus to inspire and delight your ever more discerning guests Bespoke will help raise your game in the competitive world of hospitality, providing you with fresh insights needed to steer a course to customer delight, loyalty and ultimately your business success.

Future Proof Your Career is a practical book which deals with one of the great problems of modern life: how to make it through a 50-year career when all the rules for career success have changed.Professionals in organisations all over the world are too busy to find time to think strategically about their next ideal career move. This book will provide you with the latest insights into the future of work, the future skills you'll need to succeed and, most importantly, it will enable you to anticipate change before it happens.Sharing a rich mix of fresh insights, real life stories and best practice career models to stay ahead in your career, this book will help you to: Understand how you will be impacted by the Future of Work Prepare for the changing structure of organisations Develop the critical skills that increase your market value Clarify your ideal next role and why you want it Learn the new rules to stay employable, marketable and highly paid for life If you are curious, ambitious and determined to succeed in the future, this book is for you.

Think, Do, Show is a refreshing, simplified reboot of an agile 2.0 framework. This book presents a proven model which elegantly brings rapid continual delivery, close team collaboration, and people-centric focus together to truly empower delivery.If your job relies on you to rapidly deliver beautiful looking software that people love to use, then after reading this book you will be able to… Map out only the features you need to fix the problem(s) you're trying to solve Create a simplified delivery schedule that everyone can understand and buy into Cut through corporate fog to ship software that adds value to your business and people's lives Supercharge the delivery arm and give your team clear objectives Build a tribe of passionate followers and supporters within your organisation

Inclusion and Diversity isn't a fad or the latest business initiative. It's not a tick box exercise and it's so much more than the now annual reporting requirements of disparity in pay. Ultimately - it's here for good!For a real and sustainable difference to be made, organisations need to adopt a more holistic approach to Inclusion and Diversity. This however requires focus, a break with ingrained traditions, a shift in mindsets, a re-design of organisational culture and a change in leadership behaviour.Teresa's unique tribe5 Diversity & Inclusion(TM) methodology set out in this book provides Board Directors and their Leadership Teams with a path to follow, enabling them to take Inclusion and Diversity off the 'too difficult' pile and move forward with confidence.Business Leaders, Directors and HR Professionals should read this book to: T - Take Stock - establish the truth in relation to your current Diversity and Inclusion positionR - Raise Awareness - understand why Inclusion and Diversity is important to gaining a competitive advantageI - Inspire and Involve - recognise the benefits of an internal culture which inspires and involves everyoneB- Build for the Future - embrace Inclusion and Diversity to improve and sustain talent attraction and retentionE - Embed - ensure that Inclusion and Diversity is infused and firmly embedded within your organisation's cultureCreating an environment where people feel a sense of belonging when they come to work, where they feel respected and valued for their unique difference, isn't just about doing the right thing - it will enable you to attract top talent and outperform your competitors.

The Power of Personal is a business development handbook for organisations selling high value services in highly competitive markets where there is a financial or reputational risk to the client, where trust is paramount and where relationships are everything.This book will show you how to:• Identify the priority sectors, organisations and people to fulfil your business ambitions• Realise the massive untapped potential that already exists in your client base and your own people• Make every client interaction human and build exceptional relationships based on trust and mutual respect• Gain a competitive advantage by putting personalisation at the heart of everything you do• Develop a methodology for your whole team that enables you to leverage more from the time and money spent on marketing, communications and business developmentIf you're an ambitious leader or partner in a professional services firm and you want to secure more work and attract top talent, you need to read this book.

Exploring the elite team concept with lessons gleaned from the Special Forces, and injecting those qualities into the workplace, is a sure-fire way to create a thriving business. If you're a business owner and want to achieve results in a way that feels great, this book is for you. It presents a compelling new methodology enabling you to design, develop and lead high-performing, autonomous teams. You'll learn how to: Inject clarity, cohesion and commitment into your organisation Understand three powerful and fundamental principles of leadership Eliminate the friction that occurs within a growing team Boost your power to influence and communicate effectively Leverage the full creative potential of your team Develop the three core skills necessary for exponential results Build an organisation that's fit for purpose in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Entrepreneurs can really change the world for the better.The vast majority of innovation arises either directly from an entrepreneur, or because an entrepreneur has forced another organisation to change. This book seeks to give entrepreneurs like you a head start by helping you achieve your business vision much more quickly, successfully and prötably.Drawing on over 25 years' experience working directly with entrepreneurs to achieve their business dreams, Alan Davidson will provide you tools, tactics and advice to accelerate your business success.This book will show you how to: Build a business with real value from the start Avoid common and costly mistakes everyone else makes Evaluate your dream to ensure your vision is feasible Stop worrying about the ¿nances and focus on your dream Embrace technology to gain a competitive advantage

LEVERAGE THE POWER OF THE CLOUD FOR YOU AND YOUR BUSINESSIf your business is ready to embrace the fast-paced world of cloud and gain a competitive advantage, then this book will guide you through the common pitfalls and lead you and your business to an agile and stable platform that can scale with ease.Sharing tried-and-tested methods to migrate, re-platform and move towards customer-first, mobile-first and cloud-first applications, Neil Millard shows you how to save time, money and energy, while keeping the service running and minimising downtime.Read this book in order to: Understand what the cloud is, what it does best, and how to leverage the cloud advantage Choose the right solutions, applications and service providers for your business needs Prepare your application for scaling and zero downtime deployments Keep your cloud servers manageable and your data safe from hackers and component failures Predict where problems and bottlenecks will arise, and know what do to about them Get products and applications to market faster and ensure they keep running If you want to unlock the power of the cloud to build agile, stable, infrastructure that delights your customers 24/7 and enables you to stay competitive, you need to read this book.

The notion that all you need is a technically competent data team in order to succeed in generating value from data is popular but totally wrong.Every organisation needs to do something with data to remain competitive. You can hire the most technically competent team, pay for all the top technology, build the most sophisticated algorithms, and yet still fail to see value from data. This is because unlocking value from data is no longer a technical challenge but a leadership one.This book, a product of over a decade of research, introduces the leadership keys to enable you to meet your strategic objectives by helping you: Demystify the unnecessarily complicated data jargon Develop a plan that links data and AI directly to your business outcomes Prepare the organisation for success by making the necessary team, and cultural, changes Applying the principles outlined in this book will transform your business and accelerate the growth of your company.

If you're a busy professional who wants - and needs - to give compelling presentations and pitches, this is the book for you.In this book you will find a clear, simple, and reliable structure which will ensure you can engage your audience, build rapport and get your message heard and acted on.Lee Warren reveals the tricks and tools of professional performers so you too can become a confident, assured presenter. You'll understand how to prepare for a presentation, how to deliver team presentations, how to deal with questions, why you should always have a punchline at the end of your presentation, and how to work with colleagues and clients to stand out from the competition.Once you've read this book, you'll be able to create and deliver a brilliant presentation quickly and easily, and know how to:• Quickly create compelling presentations• Conquer your nerves and engage your audience• Present more often and with more confidence• Increase your profile and credibility• Avoid 'Death by PowerPoint'

Why do some businesses dominate online whilst others constantly play catch up?Will your digital marketing strategy make you the most visible business in your sector?Digital marketing remains a relatively new discipline and most organisations are still learning how best to achieve the visibility they need online.This book is your blueprint for building your own best practice digital marketing strategy so that yours can be the business that wins the most leads and sales in your sector. Read this book to learn: The five mindsets of digital marketers - and the one mindset the winners in each sector always adopt The four elements that are always in place when a business is dominating its sector online How to build a foundation of great digital assets to enable best-in-class digital marketing in your organisation How achieving mastery in strategic digital marketing also makes for a great career path and a great lifestyle

IT'S TIME TO MAKE YOUR GAME-CHANGING IMPACTWhen you change your game, you create yourself and you start to allow the world to see the true you. Through 56 insightful lessons, Baiju will help you discover who you really are, create a game plan for becoming more entrepreneurial, and up your game in order to make positive impact in your life and the lives of others.Whether you're an entrepreneur, student, employee, volunteer, business owner, speaker, or coach, the lessons in this book will show you the way to love what you do, doing what you love, and making a real difference.

HAVE YOU FALLEN OUT OF LOVE WITH THE WAY YOU WORK, WANT TO WORK IN A DIFFERENT WAY OR DO SOMETHING NEW BUT ARE UNSURE WHERE TO START?This book will help you get clarity on what is important to you and how you want your future to look so you can identify your driving values and the goals that you want to achieve.It will enable you to develop your confidence and consider different ways of thinking that will move you forward, as well as understanding what your options are.You will learn from case studies of real women how you can change the way that you work and create a life that you love.Ruth will help you identify what you want to do and the steps to take you there. When you've read this book, you will be able to: Identify where you currently are Clarify what has been stopping you make your move Understand what your options are Create your goals and vision Develop a clear plan of action to move forward

If there is one thing that Kirsty Hulse claims to have in common with Winston Churchill, Frida Kahlo and Isaac Newton, it is that she does her best work in bed.Technology has revolutionised the world of work so that we no longer need to be at work to get work done. A desire to be freelance, and to work remotely, has crept into our collective consciousness, and no amount of of¿ce beanbags is going to change that. Whether you work for yourself, would like to, or have a team of employees to keep happy, embracing independent, remote working has incredible power to make you actually enjoy your working life.The ongoing shift to normalising ¿exible working is not only a cultural one, but a logistical one. Packed with personal, funny and often eye-opening stories of Kirsty's own journey, this book will help you: Develop a routine and rhythm to keep you, or your team, productive and motivated Manage the fear and mitigate the stresses of being your own boss Create a structure for developing remote teams and in¿nitely scale your potential Convince and reassure you that absolutely nobody has any idea what's going on

The hospitality industry in the UK often gets a bad press as it is perceived to be an industry of low pay and long hours. There is so much more to it than that.Hospitality is all about welcoming people. No matter what walk of life you are from, our doors are always open. Get excited as you explore your passion for helping and serving others. The information in this book will make you proud to work in the hospitality industry.Star Quality Talent follows the careers of hospitality professionals from humble beginnings to where the industry has led them. It gives tips on how to get ahead and move from a stagnant job to having a fulfilling career. As you read, you will:• Discover the extent of the world of hospitality and the opportunities available• Be inspired by the amazing real-life stories of hospitality professionals• Find the connections between the different sectors, job roles and industry bodies• Learn how to get involved with this industry so you too can have a rewarding hospitality career

Seven seconds is all it takes for your customer to form a first impression of your business, based on your staff attire and brand textiles. No brand, especially one in service, can afford to get it wrong.In The Textile Touch, Katie draws on over 25 years' experience to give you the success formula for making your staff and brand textiles look stunning and leave a powerful and lasting subconscious impression that puts your brand or business in a league of its own.Read this book to: Learn how to translate your brand style into unique uniforms and collections that elevate your brand value Discover the sourcing and product development secrets of luxury high end fashion designers and brands Develop a stunning signature style using the B.E.S.P.O.K.E. methodology to build your brand's very own capsule collection Follow a simple 6-step formula to give you the confidence to design and deliver your own unique brand products, uniforms or attire Bring your brand to life with textile touch points that last

Release the Music within. No struggle. No limits. Just play.A revolutionary new understanding of the mind is transforming the field of performance psychology, making it easier than ever before for musicians to bring out the best in themselves and make music as nature intended. Not only that, but it offers renewed hope for sufferers of anxiety, depression and a whole host of other psychological disorders.Following his own struggles, explorations and insights, working both as a professional musician and a Head of Music in London schools, Nick Bottini is now a performance coach working in the music industry. He wrote ‘Just Play’ for musicians who know that they are capable of more – to help them uncover a simpler way, not only with music and creativity, but ultimately, with themselves.50% of all author royalties will go to support ‘Music Minds Matter’, the 24-hour mental health helpline set up by Help Musicians UK. For more information visit www.musicmindsmatter.org.uk.

Do you worry that your child is lacking confidence, isn't doing as well at school as they could be, or is struggling with their behaviour as they negotiate the challenges of adolescence?The Warrior Method gives parents a four-step character development programme based on martial arts that you can use to transform your children's lives at any age just as it has transformed the lives of thousands of young people in the UK. Use this proven method to develop your child's character and equip them with the self-assurance to negotiate problems now and as they become adults.In this book you will learn how martial arts can:• Improve your child's behaviour and reduce your stress• Give your child a Black Belt mindset and high levels of confidence• Massively improve your child's focus, concentration and school results• Ensure your child is bulletproof to the effects of bullying• Support your child through adolescence and ensure a promising future