This is a completely revised and up-dated new edition of a best-selling book that really helps people to start, and succeed at, a new business. "Running Your Own Business" begins with a simple checklist to see whether you really should proceed with your business. As many businesses are doomed from the beginning, you may save much money and heartache just by reading the first chapter. The remaining chapters deal with the financial, legal, tax, commercial, practical and human skills you will need to know. It explains why you must register, the legal forms to use, how to fund the business, how to save tax, what skills you need to develop personally, what to do if things go well, or badly, and much else.

The book offers a very different take on leadership, giving priority given to nurturing the glue that brings and holds teams together. The book is based on twenty years of working closely with senior executive teams, and illuminated by fascinating stories from firms such as Alibaba, Apple, Sky, Barclays, HSBC, Husqvarna Group, Space X, DPM, Zopa, and Richer Sounds. Unlike other books, goes beyond remote teams The book is agnostic on where the team members work; the focus is on the leader’s responsibility to nurture glue wherever and however employees work for the firm.

The book offers a very different take on leadership, giving priority given to nurturing the glue that brings and holds teams together. The book is based on twenty years of working closely with senior executive teams, and illuminated by fascinating stories from firms such as Alibaba, Apple, Sky, Barclays, HSBC, Husqvarna Group, Space X, DPM, Zopa, and Richer Sounds. Unlike other books, goes beyond remote teams The book is agnostic on where the team members work; the focus is on the leader’s responsibility to nurture glue wherever and however employees work for the firm.