The Proteus Leadership Centres

When Tom O'Toole was a poor kid in Tocumwal, a small NSW border town that was going backwards, he used to watch the Murray River fingering its way into the bigger towns. One day while wagging school, little Tommy and his mate sat by the river and suddenly Tom had that Irish knowing and in that instant he understood that one-day he would be a successful businessman. More Info

This book shows you how to build emotional capital in your organisation and turn emotional intelligence in to value. We have long been aware that to be successful in our professional and personal lives we need emotional intelligence. In this book, Martyn Newman shows us how to get it and use it to achieve extraordinary results. More Info

In FLIP Peter Sheahan reveals what the superstars of modern business have in common: an ability to ‘flip’ - to think counter-intuitively and then act boldly, with no regard for ‘business as usual’ conventions. The only rule is that there are no rules.
Those who take these lessons on board will be well placed to join other ‘flipstars’ such as Richard Branson, Google, Toyota, Rupert Murdoch and Apple. More Info

Use the Techniques and Systems of America's Fighter Pilots to Perform at Your Peak and Win the Battles of the Business World

Your business can take a lesson from the American military's fighter pilots. At Mach 2, the instrument panel of an F-15 is screaming out information, the horizon is a blur, the wingman is occupied, the jet is hanging on the edge -- and yet fighter pilots routinely handle the stress. It's not much different in today's unforgiving business world. One slipup and your company is bankrupt before your employees know what hit them. More Info

Generation Y comprises the large group of young people born between 1978 and 1994. Confident, impatient and tech-savvy, they are the future of our workforce, but they are proving increasingly challenging to manage.

In this groundbreaking book, Peter Sheahan provides unique insight into the Generation Y mindset, unlocking the secrets to hiring, inspiring and most importantly retaining this newest breed of employee. More Info

Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning. But what about companies that are not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness? Are there those that convert long-term mediocrity or worse into long-term superiority? If so, what are the distinguishing characteristics that cause a company to go from good to great? More Info

In business, the most valuable commodity is people - and their ability to think outside the square. Without the ability to think innovatively, any business - big or small - risks dying. Here, Jack Collis, an authority on creative marketing, recognized motivational speaker and best-selling author, outlines the importance of original thinking to give you the edge on the competition. Drawing on his many years of experience as a Marketing manager, Jack uses anecdotes and examples to illustrate new ways to approach business, and to succeed at it. More Info

Just Enough Project Management intergrates today's most effective project management information and tools into a uniquely straightforward process for managing small to medium sized projects. More Info

Why are some people easily outsourced, downsized, or freelanced into obscurity, while others have their pick of opportunities? In his most powerful book yet, Seth Godin argues that it's more essential than ever to become indispensable - to become a linchpin. Linchpins are the essential building blocks of great organizations: they invent, lead (regardless of title), connect others, make things happen, and create order out of chaos. More Info

Do you find yourself asking what's next? You have a ton of great ideas but you are unsure how to make them work. What's next? You have started your business but it is not making the money you'd hoped it would. What's next? This book is what's next. More Info

Here at last is the long awaited sequel to the international bestselling phenomenon, Freakonomics. Steven Levitt, the original rogue economist, and Stephen Dubner have been working hard, uncovering the hidden side of even more controversial subjects, from charity to terrorism and prostitution. And with their inimitable style and wit, they will take us on another even more gripping journey of discovery. More Info

The Tipping Point is the biography of an idea, and the idea is quite simple. It is that many of the problems we face - from crime to teenage delinquency to traffic jams - behave like epidemics. They aren't linear phenomena in the sense that they steadily and predictably change according to the level of effort brought to bear against them. They are capable of sudden and dramatic changes in direction. More Info

A practical book on how to come up with bright ideas and answers to problems and issues that arise in both work and play. More Info

Your Job Survival Guide is the first book for those who need to successfully navigate the new 'whitewater environment' when one false move can be catastrophic. Drawing on extensive experience in industries ranging from telecom to energy to health care, the authors show how to pace yourself to preserve your sanity . . . More Info