Business book reviews

This book, republished in 2009, takes a new slant on conventional business wisdom to help with our current economic challenges. Read my review and find out how to get a free copy. Read more »

Raving Fans! is about the need to turn your customers into fanatics who will rave about your business. The book is written in the parable style of Ken Blanchard and follows a newly appointed manager. What the manager learns is that there are three steps to creating a "Raving Fan" culture within a business. Read more »

Anyone who has visited K&H's offices in the last few months may have noticed a large (10' by 4') painting on the wall of one of our meeting rooms. The painting shows a landscape on which there is a road. The road represents a time line covering the modern era at K&H, from about 1995, and goes through to the present and into the future. At various points on the road are different buses- each representing K&H at that particular point in time: a run-down, worn-out bus struggling uphill in 1995 and a super hi-tech multi-decker going into the future. Read more »

You might be forgiven for thinking this is a very slim volume for the price. And, at just 96 pages, it certainly is slim. But with this kind of book you are paying for the content - 228 tips for improving your profitability is a lot of content.Newbury-based author Steve Mills is a 22-year veteran of the marketing game. A self-confessed seminar junkie, compulsive reader and audio-programme fan, he believes research, plus his many years helping clients, has enabled him to distil the essence of good business practice into this small book. Read more »

Stephen Covey presents a principle-centred approach for solving personal and professional problems focusing on character. Habits 1,2 and 3 deals with self-mastery - moving you from dependence to independence. Covey refers to these habits as "private" victories. Read more »