An anatomy of laughter

Health, Fitness & Dieting

BOSTON, Richard

Psychology & Counseling

Collins

This biography of Osbert Lancaster (1908-1986) covers his life and multi-faceted talent as cartoonist, painter, writer and theatre designer. For 40 years a "Daily Express" cartoonist, he designed many theatrical productions and wrote two volumes of autobiography and other writings.

Osbert, a portrait of Osbert Lancaster

Osbert: a Portrait of Osbert Lancaster

Biographies & Memoirs

HarperCollins, Publishers

Little Green Book: An Owner's Manual to the Planet

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Wildwood House

The C. O. Jones Compendium of Practical Jokes

C.O.Jones Compendium of Practical Jokes

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

ENIGMA BOOKS +

Boudu is one of Jean Renoir's masterpieces and features Michel Simon's performance as the disreputable tramp rescued from the river. It is discussed here by Richard Boston, video critic of The Guardian. The book features a brief production history and detailed filmography.

Boudu Saved from Drowning (Boudu Sauve Des Eaux) (BFI Film Classics)

Movies

British Film Institute

At all levels and in all organisations, leaders face a rising tide of mistrust in a world that's increasingly complex and interconnected. If they are to survive and thrive, these leaders, their teams and their organisations are going to need to be simultaneously Authentic, Responsible and Courageous. This is the first book to bring those three critical qualities together. It's heavily researched but eminently readable. It walks with you, not judging you. It accepts that these three ARC qualities can be hard to live up to, and it provides a practical programme for getting a whole lot better at it. In doing so, it will help you: • adopt new ways of thinking and leading in an increasingly complex world • increase people's trust in you and your organisation • navigate the conflicting priorities of diverse stakeholders • build better, more resilient teams that deliver far more than the sum of their parts "One of the most thought-provoking books I've ever read. It's a book shareholders will be waving at CEOs." Tim Patterson, Vice President, Nickelodeon "Positive, hopeful, intelligent, friendly, shrewd, eye-opening, evidence-based and incredibly generous. It challenges and supports us like a great coach or trainer would do... part character review, part campaign for personal overhaul." Phil Hayes, Chairman, Management Futures "Business schools in particular would do well to pay attention: given what's gone on in corporations, they need to take greater responsibility for producing future leaders who aren't simply able to profitably grow a business, but are - to their core - Authentic, Responsible and Courageous." Karen Lombardo, former Worldwide Head of Human Resources, Gucci Group

ARC Leadership: From Surviving to Thriving in a Complex World

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Leaderspace Ltd

Richard Boston is a psychologist and executive coach specialising in leadership and team performance. He has worked closely with hundreds of leaders, middle-managers and teams in a wide range of organisations across six continents. In this highly practical, thought-provoking book, he offers 10 lessons he's learned in the course of his work that will help you get the most from your relationships with the people who lead you. Whether you've just one boss or you're working in a matrix with multiple senior stakeholders, you'll find the book full of tips, tools and challenging questions to help you and your boss get the most from what is one of the most important relationships in your working life. It's also a book that'll get leaders thinking differently about the way they lead. They'll want to share it with their teams, because this isn't a book about judging your boss or tricking them into making life easy for you. It's about managing up for mutual gain. "An incredibly useful and accessible book that has transformed my thinking and approach to both managing upwards and leading my team. As a leader, it's crystal clear to me that the relationships I have with my team are critical to the success of the work we do together. The ten 'lessons' described in this book offer us a way of examining and discussing those relationships to set us all up for success. It's a book I know I'll read and refer to more than once and the author makes that easy: there's a lot to reflect on and the way the The Boss Factor is written is like having him in the room with you." Simon Haskey, Consulting Practice Lead at Dell EMC "An insightful, enjoyable book that offers the kind of instant payback that's critical to anyone working in a fast-growing, entrepreneurial business. It challenged me to look closely at myself, how I operate and how that plays out with others. In doing so, I discovered that - despite my best intentions - sometimes my attempts to help others aren't actually that helpful. This deepened my understanding of my relationship with my boss and ways to further improve it. It also enabled me to adapt my approach to leading others." Michael Borthwick, Group Financial Controller at Claranet "Richard Boston has nailed it. If only I'd known this earlier in my career, I'd have saved myself a lot of grief, done a much better job, and had a happier boss! With so many books for leaders and so few for those they lead, this will be invaluable for anyone in their first or second job, as well as for those in middle management looking to enhance their relationships upwards." Peter Young, Director and executive coach at Bladon Leadership

The Boss Factor: 10 lessons in managing up for mutual gain

Job Hunting & Careers

What if the ways you think about yourself, the world and everyone in it were the human equivalent of your own internal ‘operating system’? 
What if you could upgrade that operating system, evolving it as radically now as you did as a child? You’d suddenly find it easier to: Achieve better outcomes with a lot less effort Find opportunities in fiendishly complex problems Juggle stakeholders’ diverse, evolving needs Take relationships to a whole new level Navigate dilemmas and polarising issues Adapt, evolve and progress in whatever ways you find most meaningful\nUpgrade is a practical manual for revolutionising the way you look at yourself, your work and the people around you. Not only that, it’ll help you trigger the same kind of step-change in others.

Upgrade: Building your capacity for complexity

Ellis, Karen

LeaderSpace

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