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Great One-on-One Meetings for Busy Managers: Manage your team in a way that's empowering for them and dependable for you by Nick Robinson is a practical guidebook that offers valuable insights and strategies for conducting effective one-on-one meetings with team members. Recognising the challenges faced by busy managers, Robinson provides practical advice and actionable techniques to optimise these meetings, fostering stronger relationships and driving team performance.

Who: The A Method for Hiring by Geoff Smart and Randy Street provides a systematic and practical approach to hiring top talent. The authors introduce the A Method, a step-by-step process designed to help organisations make effective hiring decisions and build high-performing teams.

"The Art of Mentoring: Lead, Follow and Get Out of the Way" by Shirley Peddy is a comprehensive guide to mentoring in a business context. The author emphasizes the importance of building strong relationships, setting goals, providing feedback, and developing the skills and knowledge needed to succeed as a mentor or mentee. 

"The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey" by Kenneth H. Blanchard, William Oncken Jr., and Hal Burrows is a concise and engaging book that offers valuable insights into the art of delegation and time management. Written in a parable format, the book presents a practical and memorable framework for effective delegation that empowers both managers and their teams.

"Sales Management Simplified: The Straight Truth About Getting Exceptional Results from Your Sales Team" by Mike Weinberg is a practical guide to sales management, focusing on the key principles and practices that are essential for success in today's competitive business environment. The author draws on his extensive experience as a sales consultant and trainer to provide a straightforward approach to sales management that emphasizes the importance of setting clear expectations, providing coaching and feedback, and holding salespeople accountable for their performance. 

"The Trusted Advisor" by David H. Maister, Charles H. Green, and Robert M. Galford provides profound insights into trust and leadership. The book articulates how trust is not just a component of successful leadership but the very foundation upon which effective leadership is built.