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Ben Bengougam
HR Director -Hilton Worldwide

HR Book Reviews

Dealing with Difficult People -  This practical and no-nonsense guide shows how to deal with a range of personality clashes in the work environment, from minor tensions to outright war.  By following its commonsense advice, you will find that you can neutralize, contain or win over difficult people, making sure that your career can progress and that your team will flourish. 
Published by Marshall Cavendish - www.marshallcavendish.com/genref

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  Workforce of One - In this groundbreaking book, Accenture's Susan M. Cantrell and David Smith argue that in a competitive global marketplace that now includes four generations of employees with widely diverse backgrounds, values, and skill sets, companies that want to hire and keep the best talent will need to treat individual employees as a "workforce of one".
Published by Harvard Business Press - www.hbr.org/books   RRP £22.99

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    The Strengths Book reveals the sixty strengths that make us who we are.  Bursting with insights on using each strength in relationships, at work and at play, it also gives examples of famous people who share the strength with you.  There's even advice on not taking your strengths too far!     
Published by CAPP Press - www.cappeu.com

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Growing Talent provides a definitive overview of talent management and development.  It contains contributions by 25 of the world's leading practitioners and experts in talent management.  Most of these contributors have had first-hand experience, within large well-known organizations, of creating and implementing talent management programmes.  This book is essential reading for anyone who has responsibility for developing the skills and knowledge of today's workers. 

Published by Marshall Cavendish - www.marshallcavendish.com/genref
RRP £18.99

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  One Page Talent Management -  You know that winning in today's marketplace requires top-quality talent.  You also know what it takes to build that talent - and you spend significant financial and human resources to make it happen.  Yet somehow, your company's beautifully designed and well-benchmarked processes don't translate into the bottom-line talent depth you need.   Why?

Published by Harvard Business Press - www.hbr.org/books  RRP£29.95

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 Leadership Coaching examines the models and techniques used to develop leadership in others through a coaching relationship.  Twenty-five leading international coaches critique a range of both popular and less well-known coaching models, providing new insights and practical guidance for those whose role it is to coach for optimum performance.  

Published by Kogan Page www.koganpage.com  RRP £24.95

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How to Beat Bedlam in the Boardroom and Boredom in the Bedroom  A life changing guide to happiness at work and at home by Jane Gunn

Published by HotHive Books, 2010, £12.00 pb  www.thehothive.com

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Vital Conversations There are times when getting what you truly need or want will require you to engage in one or several difficult conversations.  This book will enable you to identify, prepare and engage in the kind of vital conversations that could make all the difference to your most  important relationships, business, key projects and personal sanity! Whether you are having to give difficult feedback, end a relationship or get the executive team to discuss an un-discussable issue then Alec  Grimsley will act as your personal difficult conversations coach.  

Alec's services have been used by over 25 FTSE organisations; including Harrods, Nokia, British Airways, HSBC, BT and several NHS trusts.

Published in April 2010.  www.alecgrimsley.co.uk

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