Books
The Rebel INstinct
From a DILAPIDATED Bus to a billion dollar global empire!
For 50 years Flight Centre has broken the rules of business….and kept on winning.
Despite wars, pandemics and disaster after disaster, the company has bounced back every time, its rebel instinct turning global shockwaves into opportunities for growth. From the 27-day fight for survival when Covid border closures brought travel to a standstill, to the kidnap and ransom of their first fibre-glass captain, to the catastrophic screw-ups that became some of their greatest lessons, The Rebel Instinct covers it all.
An entertaining, often outrageous account and an essential read for leaders, entrepreneurs, travel and tourism operators, and anyone with an audacious dream. Read more at www.therebelinstinct.com
In-store 25 November, 2026 or pre-order now, using buttons below:
Winning the War for Talent
How To Attract And Keep The People Who Make Your Business Profitable
As seen on Sky Business News and in the Australian Financial Review, BRW, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Canberra Times, WA Times, The Courier Mail, NZ Business Magazine, Management Today, HR Daily, and many more. Buy now using buttons below:
- As a director of global travel giant Flight Centre’s UK start-up operation, Mandy Johnson couldn’t attract and keep good people to work in her new stores. In a bid to save her career she threw away the HR textbooks and by experimenting with new techniques, created an unconventional people system that produced astonishing profit results. This engaging step-by-step guide, uses entertaining real-life business examples and includes:
- The 7 step Highfliers people system that is universally applicable and produces immediate business improvement.
- The three secret weapons to great recruitment that are easily implemented; don’t cost unlimited funds; are ignored by the majority of organisations; and are so rarely used that those who apply them stand out like beacons in the marketplace.
- Objective, evidence-based measuring tools, KPIs and templates that align people practices with profit goals and make an organization a place people want to work!
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The Evolution Of Flight Centre
Rated a Kobo Top Five book in the Business – Entrepreneurship category on its release, and an Australian best-seller!
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