Chris Croft

Chris Croft

Poole, England, United Kingdom
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I think and write about management - I make on-line videos, speak at conferences (message…

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Education

  • University of Cambridge Graphic

    University of Cambridge

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    Activities and Societies: CEO of Record Library, founder of Unicycling Club, Tenor sax in band called "Coming Soon", College 3rd Badminton Team, and a small amount of academic study

    Masters in Manufacturing Engineering

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    Activities and Societies: Maths, screen printing, TAC (with Chopper Hawith), gerbil room, Led Zep and Uriah Heep. Successfully avoided rugby, chapel, and being a prefect. Liked squash. Reasonable A-level results. Enjoyed Physics.

    4 A-Levels: Maths Physics Chemistry and Further Maths

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    Activities and Societies: Scrumping apples and building underground camps

    Formative years

Publications

  • Seven Paths To Happiness (and Two Dead Ends) - strategies for your life and career

    CCT

    amazon USA: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWMFX389

    Everyone is different so there isn't one route that works for all of us, but there seem to be seven choices of how you can live your life - do you specialise or generalise, do you run your own business or work for an organisation, do you go for steady progress or build something big to sell off, do you focus more on fun or achievement ....or money?
    This is a book for people who are just starting out in their career, or maybe questioning…

    amazon USA: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWMFX389

    Everyone is different so there isn't one route that works for all of us, but there seem to be seven choices of how you can live your life - do you specialise or generalise, do you run your own business or work for an organisation, do you go for steady progress or build something big to sell off, do you focus more on fun or achievement ....or money?
    This is a book for people who are just starting out in their career, or maybe questioning their direction. It's full of practical tips on how to choose your path and then how to maximise the success you have with it.

    See publication
  • Project Management QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner’s Guide

    ClydeBank Media LLC

    340 pages, this chunky book tells you everything you need to know about project managmeent, but in a fun and readable way with lots of graphics and also embedded videos - scan the QR code with your phone and watch the video. For beginners it's a great way into the subject, but experienced PMs will learn useful tips as well. Here are ten things that are unique in this book: https://www.chriscroft.co.uk/why-my-project-management-book-is-different-9-reasons/

    See publication
  • The Big Book of Happiness - 87 practical strategies

    amazon kindle

    The most practical book there is on how to improve your day to day happiness. Full of practical ideas. Also available as a physical book from lulu.com

    See publication
  • Happiness Tips

    Linkedin Learning

    52 videos on practical ways to get more happiness into your life, originally released one per week for a year on lynda.com / Linked in Learning, now available as a complete course

    See publication
  • Efficient Time Management

    Linkedin Learning

    This video course covers the detail on how to run your life efficiently - lists, systems etc

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  • Time Management: Five ways to control your time

    Linkedin Learning

    This video course covers the big picture of time management - how do you decide what's important, why you need clear goals, how to get more time for the important things in life as well as the urgent ones, and the five options you have: saying no, delegating, being less of a perfectionist, etc

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  • Process Improvement Fundamentals

    Linkedin Learning

    How to improve your quality and lead times, and reduce your costs. Understanding queue theory, balanced lines, kanban etc. The links between quality and cost, lead times and costs. All explained simply and clearly.

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  • Gantt Charts Explained

    Linkedin Learning

    The ultimate course on Gantt charts - how to draw them with excel, how to calculate resource requirements for one or multiple projects, how to crash your project, etc

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  • Management Articles

    Lynda.com

    The 7 sins of teamwork
    5 Ways to Be Happier at Work
    The Top 10 Project Management Mistakes
    5 Ways to Know If You'd Make a Great Project Manager
    10 Things Every Successful Business Must Have (Even Yours)
    Want More Free Time? How About a Whole Month?

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  • Video Training Courses - listed below

    Lynda.com

    Project Management Simplified
    Solving Project Problems
    Gantt Charts Explained
    Teamwork Fundamentals
    Learning to be Assertive
    Process Improvement
    Time Management - 5 options for getting more done
    Time Management - Efficient systems
    Happiness - practical strategies for a happier life

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  • How to be Assertive

    Linkedin Learning

    Everything you need to know about handling difficult people, standing yup of your own rights while respecting others, and how people should and actually do interact. Fascinating and also amusing, as well as practical.

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  • Project Management Simplified

    Linkedin Learning

    Now with over a million views, this has been an incredibly popular course on how to plan and run projects.

    See publication
  • 14 books on amazon Kindle

    Me

    Eleven instant guides on subjects including Leadership, Negotiation, Projects, Time, Assertiveness, Happiness, Selling, Customer Service, Presentations etc, as well as a few other books.

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  • Being Happy - instant guide

    Lulu

    Practical ways to increase the amount of happiness in your life.
    Also on kindle: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Happiness-practical-strategies-happier-Instant-ebook/dp/B005F5PBFE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388847685&sr=8-1&keywords=croft+happiness

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  • Time Management

    Cengage Learning - originally Routledge and then Thomson International Press

    The ultimate book on Time Management. Covering issues such as delegation, prioritization, personal organization, procrastination and stress it develops new frameworks and theories in improving time management skills, whilst end of chapter action plans ensure that the theory is related to real life.

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  • Teamwork Fundamentals

    Linkedin Learning

    How to be a great team player.

    See publication

Courses

  • Agile vs Waterfall (with Doug Rose)

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  • Assertiveness - on LinkedIn learning, previously lynda.com

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  • Bad Boss - what can you do?

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  • Be A Great Team Player

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  • Cost Reduction

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  • Delight your customers

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  • Dream Job - CV and Interview techniques

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  • Efficient Time Management

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  • Gantt charts - on LinkedIn learning, previously lynda.com

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  • Handling Difficult People

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  • Happiness - on LinkedIn Learning aka lynda.com

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  • Inspirational Leadership

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  • Leadership

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  • Life Mastery

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  • Meetings - Agendas and Problems

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  • Meetings - on LinkedIn Learning - previously lynda.com

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  • Negotiation Skills - on lynda.com

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  • Personal Efficiency

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  • Presentation Skills

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  • Problem Solving Techniques

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  • Process improvement - on lynda.com

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  • Productivity - Bitesize Tips (Udemy only)

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  • Project Management - top 10 mistakes to avoid

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  • Project Management Simplified - on lynda.com

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  • Resource Planning for Projects - on lynda.com

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  • Selling

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  • Solving Project Problems

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  • Stress and Anxiety - Udemy.com only

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  • Success Habits

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  • Surviving Organisational Change

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  • The Life Skills Collection

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  • Time and Life - the Five Options

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  • Top Ten Project Management Mistakes

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  • Working Productively From Home

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Languages

  • Bokmål, Norwegian

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