Douglas Miller – författare

No matter what kind of team you’re in or what role you play, Brilliant Teams gives you the core ingredients to make you and your team a truly brilliant one. You’ll find out exactly what it takes to excel as a team player and leader, as well as common team ‘traps’ to avoid.

Brilliant outcomes

¨       Find out what it takes to be a brilliant team player and leader

¨       Learn how to get the best out of your environment

¨       Understand different teams and what makes them tick

There are two kinds of ‘luck’ – the ‘luck’ that happens when things are completely outside your control and the ‘luck’ that happens as a result of spotting opportunities and your own positive actions.  However, it’s always you and the way you think and act that determines how ‘lucky’ you are.

It’s all about how we analyse the events in our lives, how we respond to them, and how pre-emptive and pro-active thinking can create the kind of life experiences we want. 

Using an easy-to-read, non-academic writing style and featuring interviews with top performers in the world of sport, music and business, speaker and writer Douglas Miller presents 20 key ‘Luck Factors’ – patterns of thinking and behaviour – which you can apply in all aspects of your life. 

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Brilliant Personal Effectiveness will help you to identify your strengths so you can maximise your contribution and make a big impact at work. Using simple, practical steps and strategies, each of which has been developed, tested and proven to boost your personal performance, you’ll be able to:

If you need to be in the know in no time at all, Business Express will get you from beginner to brilliant in the blink of an eye.This fast, focused and carefully crafted eBook will help you pick up all the essential knowledge you need about the skills that matter most at work, all in the shortest possible time.Learn just when you need to or well in advance; read it at your desk or on the move; dip in and out or start from scratch – it’s all up to you. But however you use it, you’ll quickly feel more confident, competent and better equipped to make things happen and keep moving ahead.

Business Express - know how in no time!

The Greatest Escape: A True American Civil War Adventure tells the story of the largest prison breakout in U.S. history. It took place during the Civil War, when more than 1,200 Yankee officers were jammed into Libby, a special prison considered escape-proof, in the Confederate capitol of Richmond, Virginia. A small group of men, obsessed with escape, mapped out an elaborate plan and one cold and clear night, 109 men dug their way to freedom. Freezing, starving, clad in rags, they still had to travel 50 miles to Yankee lines and safety. They were pursued by all the white people in the area, but every Black person they encountered was their friend. In every instance, slaves risked their lives to help these Yankees, and their journey was aided by a female-led Union spy network.

Since all the escapees were officers, they all could read and write well. Over 50 of them would publish riveting accounts of their adventures. This is the first book to weave together these contemporary accounts into a true-to-life narrative. Much like a Ken Burns documentary, this book uses the actual words the prisoners recorded more than 150 years ago, as found in their many diaries and journals.