This manual is designed to help the reader put together an effective CV in just 7 days. It goes through the writing process step-by-step and considers how to: analyze your own strengths and weaknesses; present your strengths in the most effective way; and match your CV to the job and the organization.

This book has been fully updated for the In a Week series relaunch.

Mind Maps in a Week

by Jane Smith and Steve Morris

Published 18 February 1998
With a foreword written by Tony Buzan, this book is designed to help the reader understand the art and science of Mind Mapping. Managers can use this approach to explore ideas both quickly and in great depth, while maintaining a clear focus on the principle theme or problem.

The book will enable managers to:

Think more flexibly and creatively

Record the main points from any book, meeting or presentation

Develop skills of learning and remembering

Take decisions and solve problems

Organise their thoughts and plan more effectively

Recall information that they have gathered from any source

Mind Maps in a week has been fully revised for the 2002 series relaunch.



This text is designed to encourage readers to operate as if they are self-employed - even if they have full-time jobs. It emphasizes the importance of: taking ownership of one's career; taking risks and learning from mistakes; building up confidence and self-esteem; seeing change as an opportunity for growth; maintaining a positive attitude; and taking personal responsibiliy for achieving job satisfaction. This title should be of interest in particular to people who are: starting out on a career path; looking for promotion; returning to the workplace after a career break; or about to change direction.

A manager's job is to get the best from individuals and teams, and knowing what makes people tick - collectively and individually - is the starting point for producing excellent results. This manual brings the topics of change and motivation together, demonstrating that they are not two different things but two sides of the same human situation. It takes the reader through the key points about what motivates people to work hard and produce results, and puts it in the context of change. The book should help the reader to: understand what makes people tick and what motivates them; maintain and improve morale when the going gets tough; get better results from individuals and teams who feel threatened by change; plan and handle the process of change productively; and keep it all going while change is happening - and beyond.