Bob Selden

In Setting the Tone from the Top, Melinda Muth and Bob Selden examine how leader conversations shape organisational culture. They show how using appropriate words and language can tap the collective knowledge of the board and the senior management team to improve their working relationships, their collective decision making and ultimately positively impact the behaviour of the management and all employees.Topics covered include: how word choice impacts leader behaviour; words to use and words to avoid to build effective relationships; difficult conversations in a group setting; and overcoming conversation stoppers.This practical guide offers techniques, tips and strategies for navigating the conversations that directors and senior executives encounter on a day-to-day basis.

Many organisations insist that their managers run regular team meetings - to develop strategy, change processes, make more sales - and so on. But to team members, and unfortunately often to the managers themselves, they are boring and do little to motivate or engage. In many cases, this lethargy has become even more so with the increasing number of online meetings in today's new world of work. But there is a way to run team meetings that are invigorating, engaging, and yes, even inspirational And best-selling author Bob Selden ("What To Do When You Become The Boss" - 75,000 copies sold in four languages), can show you how. What To Do When Leadership Is Needed, is a ground-breaking workbook for managers of teams who want to see their teams perform at their best and have a good time doing so. Along the way, and by running team meetings based on the outlines and stories provided, managers will further develop their own leadership style that ensures their long term success. By focusing on current real-world events, and those notable events that have occurred over the last two decades or so, your meetings will become ones in which your team want to participate and look forward to.How do we develop as leaders?We all like to hear stories, even when they are sometimes confronting - it's the best and most interesting way of communicating. Once someone starts to tell a story, the listeners all start imagining and visualising what is happening, what's about to happen, and what's the point of the story. And the better the storyteller, the more involved the listeners become in the story.Whilst the 'nature-nurture' debate about how people develop as leaders has raged for decades, there is an increasing body of evidence to suggest that to at least some extent, leaders are made not born. My belief is the nurture component of leadership development comes about through the stories we hear and read; how we interpret these stories, and the elements from them that we choose to internalise.Gradually over time as we hear more stories, we subconsciously build our own model of leadership.This book is about some of the events I've seen, heard or experienced and that have particular leadership relevance for me. I've written about them as stories in the hope that they will resonate with you and also perhaps remind you of some stories that have influenced your development as a leader. Ultimately, I'd like to think that through reading and reflecting on these stories (and your own), you'll be able to develop and recognise fully your own model of leadership.What To Do When Leadership Is Needed has been designed as a workbook for people who lead teams - each story can be used as the basis for making your team meetings interesting, memorable and most importantly, relevant, or as a trigger as to how your own stories could be used as a key team leadership tool.Bob Selden.

Have you ever wondered why certain people seem to have all the luck? Well, "Don't" will show you how using certain words impact the brain making you either more positive or negative in your outlook. People who have a more positive outlook use more positive language. They see opportunities that others miss - they also see how these opportunities can be turned into real advantages."Don't" sets out those negative words and phrases to avoid - the ones that create negative thinking in your brain and result in negative behaviour - and then suggests some words and phrases that do just the opposite. The end result? You will start to use positive words which activate the positive parts of your brain which then results in positive behaviour.Author Bob Selden shows how we behave according to the words we use and hear. As an example, recent studies show that when young male drivers hear male-type words such as "tough" and "rough" they automatically increase their speed, yet hearing female-type words such as "pink" and "gentle" leads to a reduction in their speed. Bob poses the question; "Can the words we use in general conversation also impact our relationships?"Full of practical examples, stories, and "how to's", "Don't" provides some fascinating insights into what makes us who we are. Bob will challenge some of your thinking on what makes some people more successful than others - in business, sport, relationships and life. Is it luck? Upbringing? Opportunity? Training? Or is it perhaps the words we use? Read his new book "Don't" and make the call

What to do when you get promoted to management level and, in particular, how to manage people.Most new managers get very little initial training on how to manage. Generally, new managers are promoted or selected for the role because of their excellent technical or professional expertise. It is assumed therefore that they will also be experts at people management, but this is often not the case. WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU BECOME THE BOSS is a complete how to guide for first-time managers. Simple and practical, you'll discover how to:Become an effective leader and get the best out of yourself and be recognised throughout the organisation;Allocate your time effectively between leading, managing and operating;Manage your boss;Manage team performance, including setting standards, coaching, motivating and appraising performance;Delegate, make effective decisions and run motivating meetings;Choose the right person for the job using a proven method.