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Directors' Centre Publications

The Directors' Centre prides itself on the depth and breadth of the written materials that we have to support our clients so that they find it easier to apply ideas and concepts to their businesses.

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Blog - Robert writes most weeks in his controversial Bright Marketing blog as well as short pieces for SMEweb

Books available from our shopping cart:

• The Start-Up Essays - it's new and written 'due to popular demand'!
• Bright Marketing - AKA 'The Zebra's Bum'!!!
• Kick-Start Your Business - the original best-seller! Foreword by Sir Richard!
• Customer Is King - Foreword by Sir Richard!
• Little e, Big Business - Tim's best-seller
• Workbooks - a collection of ten Business Growth Workbooks.

Guides and Direction

The 'Guides and Direction' section of this site has got some utterly rave reviews ('scary', 'humongous', 'giving it all away', 'the dog's whats-its') which we all see as flattering.

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1) Guides and How-to's

We have over 25 guides available - many of these have only been available 'at a price' in the past - guides and how-to's on everything from strategy, selling yourself, redefining your business, marketing worksheets - all fine stuff to help you to grow and develop your business.

2) Rants

Sometimes Robert gets renamed 'Mr Angry' as he 'goes off on one' (more than 15 of them!). In a world where everyone is so polite and civil its refreshing to see that someone is still passionate about their subject and isn't afraid to call a spade a spade!

3) press Articles

30+ articles on marketing, leadership, entrepreneurship, success, training from the FT, Times, Management Consultancy and so on.

4) Newsletters

Our newsletters are one of the ways we help you to keep up-to-date with the key themes for growing businesses and about what The Directors' Centre can do to help you to grow your business.

Books

Our books are available from our shopping cart

• The Start-up Essays
• Bright Marketing
• Kick-Start Your Business
• Customer Is King
• Little e, Big Business

Workbooks

We are currently compiling a portfolio of invaluable workbooks to help you grow your business. Some of these come from our award-winning workshops, some have been developed for in-house workshops... these practical workbooks explain the thinking and then the action required to help you to take the business to the next stage; the workshop workbooks are the workbooks that delegates use to work through the workshops..

Titles include:

• Workbook: Coaching Materials 101: Just How Good Are You?
• Workbook: Coaching Materials 102: Where Do You Want To Go?
• Workbook: Coaching Materials 103: Strategic Thinking
• Workbook: Coaching Materials 104: Kick-Start Your Marketing
• Workbook: Coaching Materials 105: Kick-Start Your Numbers
• Workshop Workbook: Kick-Start Your Business
• Workshop Workbook: Customer Is King
• Workshop Workbook: Bright Marketing
• Workshop Workbook: More Profit