Hachette India

Defining You

Fiona Murden

Winner of Self Development Book of the Year - The Business Book Awards

MAKE SENSE OF YOU

As a psychologist, Fiona Murden helps smart people to improve their performance. Through a series of insightful questions, she will seek out their strengths, limitations and motivations to decode what it is that really drives them and what environments they will thrive in. All while putting them at ease, so she can create their truest personality profile.

By mapping out this process of self-reflection in this award winning book, she has enabled all of us to explore our own stories and to live life with confidence in who we are and in knowing what works best for us. Since its first publication, Defining You has been awarded both the Self Development Book of the Year and the Axiom Business Book Award.

Using this series of expert tools, let Fiona help you to get to know yourself better, understand what really makes you tick, and reach your full potential in life and work.

With chapters on The Story of You, Describing You, Developing You, Confidently You and Optimising You, this fully revised and updated second edition also includes:

- A look at your emotional resilience - coping with challenges and setbacks is a key factor in managing our daily lives and governing our decisions.

- A more in-depth exploration of mental health and how it affects focus and high performance.

- A fully revised chapter on sleep and stress relief.

- An introduction of the 3 S's concept - Sleep, Self Awareness and Social Support.

'Puts the spotlight on your own journey, helping you find your way to a happier, more successful life' Kenny Wilson, CEO, Dr Martens

'Whoever you are, and whatever point you find yourself, here's a bespoke map for what happens next' Jon Hendry, CEO, Prezzo Ltd

'Highly recommended for anyone serious about understanding themselves and becoming the very best they can be'
Jo Warmsley, HR Director, Waitrose

Fiona Murden

Fiona Murden is a leadership psychologist who has spent the past fifteen years working with multi-national companies and with some of the UK's most successful business leaders policy makers top academics and sports people.

As a leadership coach to a raft of senior executives an articulate and engaging public speaker her day-to-day business puts her in a position to influence many of the great leaders of today in the UK USA Europe and Asia Pacific. Her speaking commitments take her into boardrooms as diverse as the Institute of Directors Cabinet Office Royal College of Surgeons and Lloyd's of London. They have also seen her appear on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show.

Fiona has a BSc in Psychology from Warwick University a Master of Arts in Organisational Studies from Warwick University Business School and a Master of Science in Psychology gained with distinction from the University of London. She lectures widely at academic and city institutions.