Neil is the author of the 5* rated ‘The Leadership Book’, written to make Leadership easy to understand and easy to apply. Neil has built a small team of leadership and management training experts who help him to deliver leadership and team development training courses based on the ideas in the The Leadership Book.

Neil wrote the bestselling The Leadership Book to present leadership as a simple and easily understood concept which is easy to apply. The book is written in plain English, supported by clear graphics. The book has received excellent reviews and is now CPD Accredited. A step by step guide to excellent leadership.

Get unlimited access to thousands of bite-sized lessons. Leader-Connect was founded by Neil Jurd OBE, TEDx speaker and author of The Leadership Book. The company run highly impactful leadership courses and have also established the Leader-Connect online learning platform with an extensive range of leadership related videos and podcasts.

Neil Jurd is the author of 'The Leadership Book', the best-selling leadership handbook. Neil is the founder of Leader-Connect, a leadership training company whose award winning courses are accredited by the Institute of Leadership.

In this 8-minute video introduction to Leadership Basics, Neil Jurd explains that leaders need to have a clear sense of direction and should make time and effort to connect with and understand people.

A former Army Officer, Neil Jurd is the volunteer head of Army Cadet Force officer training. He has an MA from Cranfield University, is Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management and is an Entrepreneur in Residence at Lancaster University.

The "CPD Accredited" Leadership Book by Neil Jurd, has been written to encourage and enable effective leadership. Leadership is a simple but powerful concept which anyone with an open mind can apply. Leadership is about knowing where you are going and recruiting others to help.