Influences – People and Books we like!

People we’re influenced by; usually because they’ve managed to catch the pure essence of their subject in an easy to digest form!

Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits – Provides a great platform for building a personal development/leadership programme.

The Power of Experiential Learning – Beard and Wilson – Proud to have studied under Mr. Beard, an inspirational lecturer.

More than activities – Greenaway – A great little book from another lifelong contributor to the field.

Coaching for Performance – John Whitmore – a good starting point to get to grips with performance coaching.

Techniques for Coaching and Mentoring – Megginson and Clutterbuck – Another great coaching handbook.

Managing Generation Y – Martin and Tulgan – If you’re stuggling to understand a younger generation and how they operate in world, read this!

Funky Businesses – Ridderstalle and Nordstrom – Cool ideas

The Leadership Challenge – Kouzes and Posner- At last… potted leadership!

Who Moved My Cheese – Johnson – Organisational change.

The Wisdom of Teams – Katzenbach and Smith – Read and digest before you do any team development work!

Let My People go Surfing – Chouinard – The application of environmental practice into business with a win/win outcome.

Unclaimed Coast – Charles, Jones and Waters – These guys set the standard for challenge and adventure, showing what can be achieved with a positive mindset. They also work to increase adventure opportunities for others by setting up a foundation. An inspiration.