Further reading | The Definitive Guide to Project Management: The fast track to getting the job done on time and on budget (2nd Edition)

Communication is a vast subject and always worth investing in to improve your personal skills or your team's skills.

The book that we recommend most of all, as a must for anyone who makes business presentations, is:

Minto, B., 1995. The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and Thinking. Harlow: FT/Prentice Hall.

Some of the many other excellent books for further reading include:

Charvet, S.R., 1997. Words That Change Minds: Mastering the Language of Influence. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing.
Cohen, A.R. and Bradford, D.L., 2004. Influence without Authority. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Frank, M.O., 1991. How to Get Your Point Across in 30 Seconds or Less. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Harvard Business Essentials Series, 2005. Power, Influence and Persuasion: Sell Your Ideas and Make Things Happen. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.
Jolles, R.L., 1993. How to Run Seminars and Workshops: Presentation Skills for Consultants, Trainers and Teachers. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Nutting, J., Cielens, M. and Aquino, M., 1998. The Business of Communicating. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill.
Otazo, K., 2006. The Truth About Managing Your Career: ... and Nothing But the Truth. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

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