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<i>About the author.</i> <p><i>Acknowledgements.</i></p> <p><i>Introduction.</i></p> <p><b>Part I Recharge yourself.</b></p> <p>1 Mission, strategy and action.</p> <p>2 Begin with some simple action.</p> <p>3 Recharge your management style.</p> <p>4 Focus on your strengths.</p> <p>5 Become the expert.</p> <p>6 Start your own think tank.</p> <p>7 Surf the cycle.</p> <p>8 Address uncomfortable issues.</p> <p>9 Identify your strongest assets.</p> <p>10 Be open.</p> <p><b>Part II Recharge your finances.</b></p> <p>11 Review the essentials.</p> <p>12 Check your cash flow management.</p> <p>13 Manage working capital.</p> <p>14 Develop a clear credit policy.</p> <p>15 Develop a range of fi nancing options.</p> <p>16 Work with banks.</p> <p>17 Understand the cost of capital.</p> <p>18 Understand the time value of money.</p> <p>19 Know what your business is worth.</p> <p>20 Know how to work with multiples.</p> <p>21 Understand public funding.</p> <p>22 Rent or buy?</p> <p>23 Understand forecasts and analyses.</p> <p><b>Part III Recharge your team.</b></p> <p>24 Start serving.</p> <p>25 Work with others.</p> <p>26 Develop a motivated team.</p> <p>27 Structure a functional team.</p> <p>28 Manage the team.</p> <p>29 Maintain performance.</p> <p>30 Decide who will do it.</p> <p>31 Handle diffi cult employees.</p> <p>32 Let people go.</p> <p><b>Part IV Recharge your firm.</b></p> <p>33 Manage your business ecology.</p> <p>34 Work with suppliers.</p> <p>35 Serve the owners.</p> <p>36 Buy new business lines.</p> <p>37 Assess your acquisition.</p> <p>38 Deal with crises.</p> <p>39 Analyse your competition.</p> <p>40 Monitor your performance targets.</p> <p>41 Manage your risk.</p> <p>42 Are you growing or ageing?</p> <p>43 Use limited resources.</p> <p><b>Part V Recharge your marketing.</b></p> <p>44 Show me the money.</p> <p>45 The marketing mix.</p> <p>46 Establish your brand.</p> <p>47 Organise your marketing.</p> <p>48 Placing and promoting.</p> <p>49 Weave a wider web.</p> <p><b>Part VI Staying recharged.</b></p> <p>50 Look at the big picture.</p> <p>51 Put it all together.</p> <p>52 Remain recharged.</p> <p><i>Index.</i></p>

<b>Alan Hargreaves</b> has spent 35 years in international finance and business consulting. His private equity and advisory services span IT, media, property, finance, communications and retail. He is a sought-after business speaker and executive mentor.

<b>Do you need a RECHARGE?</b> <p><b>Most people do. Even the most talented people get bogged down every now and again.</b></p> <p>The main cause of business failure is the failure to take action because making the first move can be hard! But you can start now…by reading this book!</p> <p><i>Recharge</i> will revitalise your entire approach to business. Each of the 52 performance-enhancing lessons is designed to be read, absorbed and acted on in 60 minutes or less: from your management style to your financial decision-making to self-motivation. Inside you'll find jargon-free information that will help you achieve many of the things you have been putting off for months, or even years.</p> <p>Written for entrepreneurs, small business owners, executives, managers and employees, <i>Recharge</i> provides simple but powerful tools to:</p> <ul> <li>Get you over a hump</li> <li>Get through an issue</li> <li>Get fired up</li> <li>Get into action!</li> </ul>

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