30 sure-fire ways to ruin a business AND how to avoid them. John Magar scours through his more than twenty years of experience in business and management to bring to readers, this diatribe of corporate pathos and awe-inspiringly bad business bloopers.

One Bite at a Time is a management parable which takes the fundamental Six Sigma concepts and makes them much more accessible. In the tradition of 'Fish!' and 'The One Minute Manager', One Bite at a Time brings Six Sigma to life and makes it relevant for any manager at any level in any organization.

A practical and thought-provoking guide to creating and protecting business reputation, Reputation really Matters explores issues such as integrity, ethics, corporate culture and corporate social responsibility and why these are so critical to business. It features insights from leading Australian chairmen and senior executives in the corporate, not-for-profit and franchise sectors

In this highly refreshing and original book, John Magar uniquely examines selling skills from the point of view of a life skill in which win-win outcomes eventuate from a selling transaction. Avoiding the platitudes associated with more evangelical titles on selling, John offers a new approach to selling based on concepts in marketing, strategy and societal trends, which will revolutionise your thinking on selling.

Follow Gus on his journey as he drives the culture change in Autosit. Learn from his experiences and draw on his knowledge to turn your own company into a slim one. Marta Ferreira has created the character of Gus Pereira to illustrate the fundamentals of 'Slim Thinking'. Based on the concepts of the Toyota Production System and Lean Principles, her business novel both teaches and engages the reader.

'Success with Simplicity' strips management back to basics. Written in a fast-paced and highly readable style, this book will test your preconceptions of management.

When writing proposals for business customers, there is no prize for second place. The Shredder Test explains why most sales proposals are not successful, and offers easy-to-follow suggestions to help anyone write a winner. A must-read for everyone whose job depends on making sales, including sales managers, salespeople, business owners, and solo professionals. Written from a uniquely Australian cultural perspective and with reference to specifics of the Australian purchasing market.