About the author

His second book, Conversations with Marvellous Muses, is now available from Amazon. In another set of fascinating imaginary conversations, the author meets, amongst others, Albert Schweitzer, Pablo Picasso, Gala Dali, Louis Armstrong, Martha Graham and the genius Alan Turing.

Andrew is the author of over twenty books on management. His weekly podcast, 50 Ways to Succeed at Work (https://www.50ways.site/) is now in its third year. Many of his books, such as Leading the Way, have been translated worldwide. For example, his book Charisma has been translated into over 17 languages.

His long-running book Essentials of Management was shortlisted for the CIPD Book of the Year.

Originally trained as an economist, Andrew has an MA in Human Resources and is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD. He started his career in marketing and later joined The Observer newspaper as a business features writer, where he wrote his regular career column, You and Your Job. Later, his column on social services provided a natural move into local government, where he established and managed a significant research and development unit in a London local authority.

As an assistant director of social work, Andrew led a diverse range of teams, setting up and managing a substantial adult service division with over 1,000 staff and numerous residential homes and day centres.

Andrew is also a co-founder of Maynard Leigh Associates, which is still going strong after over three decades, and a leading UK development company delivering outstanding behavioural change programmes in Communication, Leadership and Teams. (https://www.maynardleigh.com)

He can be contacted at info@historyspeaks.site