Strategic Partnering

Strategic Partnering – Luc, Raphaël and Guillaume Bardin

(Kogan Page, £24.99)

Luc Bardin writes from experience – more than 35 years at some of the world’s foremost businesses ensures this book conveys both knowledge and gravitas. Bardin is committed to helping organisations build strategic value opportunities and his passion for doing so makes it an enlightening read. Bardin’s style of writing is clear and concise, as is the layout of the book, with frequent diagrams and bullet points. As PA to a commercial director, this book provided me with an interesting insight into the management of critical relationships and I found the interviews with senior executives of leading global organisations particularly interesting.

I would recommend this book to any assistant, with the caveat that the content centres primarily on commercial and not interpersonal relationships. A useful read for the PA who wishes to broaden her business acumen.

Bethany Fovargue, PA, Data Interchange