Recommended reading

Who Moved My Cheese?
Author: Dr. Spencer Johnson (best-selling co-author of The One Minute Manager)
Publisher: Vermilion, London. 2000

Review: A healthy dose of reality disguised as a simple but profound parable. Should be read by anyone concerned with or affected by change. Applies equally to business or personal life.

This gem is a very easy read. Even children love it! An hour from cover to cover, this amusing and revealing tale teaches us how to deal with change. It shows how we get stuck in an untenable position and, more importantly, how we can move on and adapt to change quickly - again and again.

Leave a copy of this book lying around the office - it's sure to create a buzz as people identify themselves (and especially their colleagues) in the characters!

Estimated Price: €9.00
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Author: Lynne Truss (writer, broadcaster - BBC Radio 4, Columnist of the Year)
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd., London. 2003

A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says, at the door, "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation:

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.".

Review: "Sticklers unite" is Lynne Truss's rallying cry to those of you who know your punctuation and use it. A zippy, zero-tolerance guide to the omission and misuse of commas, full stops, question marks, apostrophes and the like. This book was a best-seller during Christmas 2003.

If the use of "its" or "it's" gives you grief. If you're sick of misplaced apostrophe's speckling your business reports. If the sandwiche's in your canteen don't pass muster. Then this entertaining book will amuse and enlighten you.

Estimated Price: €15.00
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Can You Manage?
Author: Ivor Kenny
Publisher: Oak Tree Press, Cork. 2003

Review: Described as 'a short book a manager can read and think about on a transatlantic flight', this book is an interesting and snappy collection of vignettes by Ireland's original management guru.

Even if you're not a frequent flyer, you will easily find the time to pick your way through the insights and lessons on strategy, leadership, "The Vision Thing" and many other issues that keep business executives awake at night. Keep a copy in your car for when they're digging up the roads - again!

Estimated Price: €18.00

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