Books published by Tracy Stanley

Discovery of a letter in a bottle that has drifted from Byron Bay in Australia to the Cote D'Azur in France, launches a thrilling journey for Charlotte Wyatt into the world of high fashion, European royalty, paparazzi and the criminal underworld.

Creativity will be one of the top three skills needed by 2020 according to the World Economic Forum.Creativity Cycling is written for leaders who want to help their team solve complex problems by applying creative thinking skills. In a fast-changing world, new challenges frequently arise and complex problems benefit from creative thinking revealing new perspectives and opportunities.This book provides an overview of the conditions for creativity, both individual and team, and presents a tried and tested creative process for solving complex problems and envisioning the future.It is written for leaders who want to enable their team to work creatively in responding to challenges.Many people have analytical tools they've acquired through formal studies or work experience that they apply when faced with a challenging situation. Indeed, organisations have extensive experience in applying rational and analytical skills such as data mining, correlation analysis, scenario analysis and forecasting, to name a few. These are all valuable and have their place.Organisations sometimes lack knowledge or experience of using other tools and processes such as creative tools. In this book the authors describe our favourite creative exercises and how we've used them for solving complex problems and envisioning the future.

Inconvenient timing and tragedy draws together and then tears apart two friends. Will they risk their friendship for love?

Many researchers have highlighted the business value of deeply engaged teams. Indeed a great team is powerful, much more than the sum of its individual people. While many things influence engagement at work, and indeed there is complexity - it isn't rocket science. Engagement Whisperer demystifies the science and describes a 'softly, softly' approach to lifting engagement in your team. There is already so much noise in an organisation that a quieter approach might just be the right 'cup of tea' (or coffee). This book is written for anyone who manages people. Learning for managers is distilled in thirty delicious and easily digestible bites. It's designed as a dipper or a flipper. Simply, you can read a chapter or two at a time on the bus or while enjoying a cappuccino (my preferred option). The book will also be helpful for those people responsible for organisational wide employee engagement initiatives. Perhaps you are in human resources or corporate communications. There are a couple of chapters written with input from folk like you who have run these types of programs in the past. Who is this book for? The books is targeted at managers in large organisations. I've drawn heavily on my PhD research into what's happening when people are highly engaged at work. The results are recommendations for manager's behaviours and team processes. I also talk a bit about what it's like to live in a large organisation and how this influences your status and identity. The book is sprinkled heavily with the voices of employees. What will the reader take away?The book is a fun and enlightening investment of a manager's time. They will come away with ideas on things to do to bring out the best in their team.