5 tools to Change your World

Name: 5 tools to Change your World
Price: $3.99 USD
Author: Ian Oldham
ISBN: 9781466971943

Taking control of what you experience

by Ian Oldham

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Book Details

Language : English

Publication Date : 12/17/2012

Format : E-Book

Dimensions : N/A

Page Count : 152

ISBN : 9781466971943

Format : Softcover

Dimensions : 5x8

Page Count : 152

ISBN : 9781466970670

About the Book

Following on from his first book his successful Shifting Gears, Ian Oldham’s 5 tools to change your world is a straightforward, easy to read, jargon-free guide to dealing with life’s everyday difficulties.
This book does not attempt to fix you with a prescriptive list of things that you should do. Instead, it sees you as the resident expert on your life and keeps you firmly in the driver’s seat.
The 5 tools are simple skills and concepts, such as seeing other viewpoints. You are actively encouraged to decide when, where, and how to apply each tool as you see fit, using some or all of them to navigate and control your own unique journey. These tools are powerful, instantly applicable and timeless.
By deliberately focusing on the future and creating what you want to experience, the book offers strategies rather than solutions. It’s not about ‘how to’ but rather ‘how do you want to…’

For over twenty-five years, Ian has worked with people from all walks of life and brings a wealth of practical and managerial experience to his writing. He has facilitated organisational development at a senior level in many countries and still regularly delivers his Shifting Gears program. His book, while applicable to everyone, will be of special interest to those in a leadership role.
A stimulating read, 5 tools will draw you back time and again, to provide you with fresh insights and the opportunity to add greater meaning and value to your life.
Deliberately focused on the future and creating what you want to experience, the book’s concepts and skills are simple, powerful, instantly applicable, and timeless.

and adds value to your life.

About the Author

Ian Oldham has been facilitating leadership development programmes for over twenty five years. His work incorporates insights into problem solving, facilitation, conflict resolution, organisation efficiency, process improvement, strategic planning and team building and has been delivered in Australia, China, Russia, UK, USA, and New Zealand. Working with senior executives from leading organisations around the world, Ian’s programmes are transformational and universal and have benefitted people in research, hospitality, IT, telecommunications, broadcasting, medical practice, project management, real estate, software development, unions, government, science, employer groups and not-for-profit organisations. Ian has a range of qualifications (electronics, commercial flying, quality assurance, industrial engineering), executive experience in aviation, manufacturing and retail and owned and operated several companies including an outdoor adventure company.

Customer Reviews

" Reading this book was like having an easy conversation with an old friend. The ideas Ian presents and the way they are presented provided me with plenty of opportunity to reflect on the practical wisdom in his words and the impact my own self talk and filters have on the way I operate. It is a pleasure to find such useful insights in a relatively brief book rather than the usual extensive volumes containing complex and complicated theories and models. Most of which strike me as regurgitated rhetoric and are usually so uninteresting as to be sleep inducing. On the other hand, I believe 5 Tools to change your would is a valuable resource for all managers and leaders in a workplace who want to operate as fully functioning adults. "

Kerry Pritchard
"After reading through '5 Tools to Change Your World' the topics covered in this title suggested to me a cohesive reminder to take responsibility for one's choices in life. Several aspects stood out which I consider are worth mentioning.

Accepting a situation 'as it is' and then deliberately making your choice of responses will resonate with many people in a very practical sense.

I enjoyed Ian's way of addressing the Problem Solving Journey and have found it an extremely useful model to apply to both business and personal situations. Ian's reminder that 'Problem Solving' is a process and not a switch will equip people with a direct method of addressing their own situations. A great read and as the author says 'the concepts and skills are simple, powerful and instantly applied'. I agree!

Susannah Engel New Zealand

by Susannah"

Susannah Engel
"This book does exactly what it says it does. It's a no-nonsense guide to life: straightforward and easy to read and understand, without flowery language or technical jargon. A manageable 152 pages, you can read it all in one go, or dip in and out, and in whatever order you choose. No meaning is lost as a result. It's the sort of book that stays with you long after you've finished it. It gets under your skin and enables you to see your world, and the problems you face, from a different angle. From reading about the 'filters' we use in life, I learnt a lot about how I approach a situation and how I can do things differently, with better effect. This book suits all walks of life; office workers, business managers, housewives, teachers, or just about anyone with any kind of human contact! Excellent value and worth a place on anyone's bookshelf."

Rob
"This book is very accurately described in the Trafford Overview. It is an ?easy-to-read? book which clearly explains 5 extremely valuable tools that can be applied in most areas of work, social, and family life. By applying these tools anyone can easily learn to create their own future, instead of merely reacting to life?s daily events. The tools described would be excellent as a major part of any business or organisation?s operational culture. I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn how to make a sustained positive difference for themselves. "

Graham
" This book is very accurately described in the Trafford Overview. It is an ?easy-to-read? book which clearly explains 5 extremely valuable tools that can be applied in most areas of work, social, and family life. By applying these tools anyone can easily learn to create their own future, instead of merely reacting to life?s daily events. The tools described would be excellent as a major part of any business or organisation?s operational culture. I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn how to make a sustained positive difference for themselves. "

Graham
"After reading through '5 Tools to Change Your World' the topics covered in this title suggested to me a cohesive reminder to take responsibility for one's choices in life. Several aspects stood out which I consider are worth mentioning.

Accepting a situation 'as it is' and then deliberately making your choice of responses will resonate with many people in a very practical sense.

I enjoyed Ian's way of addressing the Problem Solving Journey and have found it an extremely useful model to apply to both business and personal situations. Ian's reminder that 'Problem Solving' is a process and not a switch will equip people with a direct method of addressing their own situations. A great read and as the author says 'the concepts and skills are simple, powerful and instantly applied'. I agree!

Susannah Engel New Zealand

by Susannah "

Susannah Engel
"Reading this book was like having an easy conversation with an old friend. The ideas Ian presents and the way they are presented provided me with plenty of opportunity to reflect on the practical wisdom in his words and the impact my own self talk and filters have on the way I operate. It is a pleasure to find such useful insights in a relatively brief book rather than the usual extensive volumes containing complex and complicated theories and models. Most of which strike me as regurgitated rhetoric and are usually so uninteresting as to be sleep inducing. On the other hand, I believe 5 Tools to change your would is a valuable resource for all managers and leaders in a workplace who want to operate as fully functioning adults."

Kerry Pritchard

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