Are you tired of wearing clothes that fall apart after one wash? Or struggling to find second hand clothing that fits? Then Annie Phillips has the solution as not only is mending and altering a better option for our environment, but you’ll also be saving a pretty penny in the long run.Upcycle will teach you how to create a more eco-friendly wardrobe, through expert advice and practical sewing projects, on ways to repair and repurpose old clothes instead of...

Are you tired of wearing clothes that fall apart after one wash? Or struggling to find second hand clothing that fits? Then Annie Phillips has the solution as not only is mending and altering a better option for our environment, but you’ll also be saving a pretty penny in the long run.Upcycle will teach you how to create a more eco-friendly wardrobe, through expert advice and practical sewing projects, on ways to repair and repurpose old clothes instead of...

Effective communication is at the heart of good management. This comprehensive book describes effective communication skills including organisational structures group dynamics overcoming barriers to good communication effective listening and counselling skills in primary care. It provides the reader with the tools needed to manage effectively including those essential for leadership interviewing teaching and supervision. In addition it looks at strategies for dealing with stress such as pr...

Want to communicate clearly, honestly and directly, without avoidance or resorting to manipulative or aggressive behaviour? Learn how to be assertive and explore its advantages as the primary tool of effective communication skills in healthcare settings. If you work in health or social care as a manager or clinician, deal with people on a daily basis, and need these dealings to be thoughtful, effective and stress free, this is the book for you. It teaches you how to understand and alleviat...

Do you want to develop effective supervisory, people and management skills? If you work in health or social care as a manager or clinician, deal with people on a daily basis, and need these dealings to be thoughtful, effective and stress free, this is the book for you. It teaches you how to understand and alleviate barriers to effective communication, manage the stresses and conflicts, and develop the effective clinical, people and management skills you need to navigate successfully throug...

This eagerly awaited new edition has been updated and expanded and contains new material on assessing Personal Development Plans (PDPs). It provides a framework for general practitioners to demonstrate they have engaged in appropriate educational activity essential for revalidation. The author employs his perspective as a full-time general practitioner and GP tutor to show how PDPs can be produced and used and includes practical exercises advice examples and straightforward summaries. This...